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clerical, or printing errors or errors occasioned by mistakes. The publisher
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Summary of the University’s Policy on Prohibited Harassment, Including
Sexual Misconduct, and Discrimination, and the Policy Statement on
Nondiscrimination
The University’s Policy on Prohibited Harassment, Including Sexual
Misconduct, and Discrimination (www.unc.edu/campus/policies/
harassanddiscrim.pdf ) prohibits discrimination or harassment on the basis
of an individual’s race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed,
genetic information, disability, veteran’s status, sexual orientation, gender
identity, or gender expression. Appendices B and C of this policy provide
specific information for students who believe that they have experienced sexual
misconduct or have been harassed or have been discriminated against on the
basis of one or more of these protected classifications.
Students who want additional information regarding the University’s
process for investigating allegations of harassment, including sexual
misconduct, or discrimination, should contact the Equal Opportunity/ADA
Office or the student complaint coordinator in the Office of the Dean of
Students for assistance:
Any administrator or supervisor, including a department chair, associate dean
or other administrator, who receives a student’s complaint about prohibited
harassment or discrimination must notify the Equal Opportunity/ADA Office
within five (5) calendar days of receiving the complaint. If a student raises a
claim of prohibited harassment or discrimination during an academic appeal,
an investigation of the student’s claim must be performed under the direction
of the Equal Opportunity/ADA Office. The school or department must await
the results of the harassment or discrimination investigation before deciding the
student’s academic appeal.
Policy Statement on Nondiscrimination
The University is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming
environment for all members of our community and to ensuring that
educational and employment decisions are based on individuals’ abilities
and qualifications. Consistent with this principle and applicable laws, it is
therefore the University’s policy not to discriminate in offering access to its
educational programs and activities or with respect to employment terms and
conditions on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion,
creed, genetic information, disability, veteran’s status, sexual orientation,
gender identity, or gender expression. Such a policy ensures that only
relevant factors are considered and that equitable and consistent standards
of conduct and performance are applied. Copies of the University’s EPA and
SPA Equal Opportunity Plans are available on the University’s Web site at
equalopportunity-ada.unc.edu/index.htm.
Any inquiries regarding the University’s nondiscrimination policies should
be brought to the attention of one of the following administrators, as noted:*
The University’s Office of Counseling and Psychological Services
([919] 966-3658) is available to provide confidential assistance to students.
The University’s Ombuds Office ([919] 843-8204) is available to provide
confidential assistance to employees.
* The University’s policy prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender
expression, and gender identity does not apply to the University’s relationships with outside
organizations, including the federal government, the military, ROTC, and private employers.
The Honor Code
The Honor System forms a bond of trust among students, faculty, and
administrators. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill operates
under a system of self-governance, as students are responsible for governing
themselves. As such, our University is transformed into a powerful community
of inquiry and learning. The Honor Code embodies the ideals of academic
honesty, integrity, and responsible citizenship, and governs the performance
of all academic work a student conducts at the University. Acceptance of an
offer of admission to Carolina presupposes a commitment to the principles
embodied in our century-old tradition of honor and integrity.
Student Right-to-Know Act
Pursuant to the federal Student Right-to-Know Act, we report that, in 2012–
2013, the completion or graduation rate for undergraduates who entered the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2006 on a full-time basis was
89.4 percent.
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Discrimination in employment or
educational programs and activities:
Discrimination in employment:
Sex discrimination in educational
programs and activities:
Equal Opportunity/ADA Office
100 E. Franklin Street, Unit 110
Campus Box 9160
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Telephone: (919) 966-3576
Fax: (919) 962-2562
E-mail: equalopportunity@unc.edu
Vice Chancellor for Human Resources
300 South Building
Campus Box 1000
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3000
Telephone: (919) 962-1554
Academic Personnel Office
218 South Building
Campus Box 8000
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8000
Telephone: (919) 843-6056
University Title IX Officer
100 E. Franklin Street, Unit 110
Campus Box 9160
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-9160
Telephone: (919) 966-3576
Fax: (919) 962-2562
E-mail: equalopportunity@unc.edu
Deputy Title IX Officer
Office of the Dean of Students
Student and Academic Services Building
North, 450 Ridge Road, Campus Box
5100, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Telephone: (919) 966-4042
Fax: (919) 843-9778
E-mail: dos@unc.edu
Equal Opportunity/ADA Office
100 E. Franklin Street, Unit 110
Campus Box 9160
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-9160
Telephone: (919) 966-3576
Fax: (919) 962-2562
E-mail: equalopportunity@unc.edu
Office of the Dean of Students
Student and Academic Services
Building North
450 Ridge Road
Campus Box 5100
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Telephone: (919) 966-4042
Fax: (919) 843-9778
E-mail: dos@unc.edu
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INTRODUCTION 4
Mission Statement 5
A Look at the University 6
Academic Calendar 9
Officers of Administration 11
Board of Trustees 13
ADMISSIONS 14
Admissions Policy 14
Undergraduate Admissions 17
COURSE ABBREVIATIONS 23
Academic Flow Chart 25
ACADEMIC ORGANIZATION AND
UNDERGRADUATE REQUIREMENTS 26
General Education Requirements 26
DIVISION OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS 44
The College of Arts and Sciences and the General College 44
Academic Advising Program 44
Requirements for Degrees 46
Combining Majors and Minors 47
Minors 47
Special Programs 50
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS AND SCHOOLS 56
Academic Departments 56
Kenan–Flagler Business School 335
School of Education 344
School of Information and Library Science 353
School of Journalism and Mass Communication 358
Summer School 367
School of Dentistry 368
School of Medicine 370
School of Nursing 376
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy 382
Gillings School of Global Public Health 385
William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education 403
ACADEMIC PROCEDURES 404
STUDENT AFFAIRS 419
Carolina Leadership Development 419
North Carolina Fellows Program 419
Students Advancing in Leadership 419
Leadership Foundations 419
Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life
and Community Involvement 419
Office of New Student and Carolina Parent Programs 420
Services for Disabled Students 420
Campus Health Services 420
Counseling and Psychological Services 421
Student Wellness Services 421
University Career Services 421
Campus Y 421
Carolina Union 421
The Office of Dean of Students 422
LGBTQ Center 422
Housing and Residential Education 422
Cocurricular Involvement 422
Honor System 423
Student Government 424
FACILITIES AND SERVICES 426
FINANCES AND FINANCIAL AID 431
Student Finances 431
Living Expenses 431
Residence Hall Rent 431
Scholarships and Financial Aid 432
Application Process 432
Types of Financial Aid 433
UNC Campus Scholarships Programs 433
Academic Scholarships 434
UNC–CHAPEL HILL REGULATIONS
AND POLICIES 436
Alcoholic Beverages 436
Code of the University of North Carolina 436
Commercial Activities 436
Emergency Disciplinary Action 436
Housing and Residential Education 437
Transportation and Parking 437
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA:
SEVENTEEN CONSTITUENT INSTITUTIONS 439
History of the University 439
General Administration 439
Board of Governors 440
APPENDIX 441
Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act 441
Expulsion 441
Fireworks, Firearms, and Other Weapons 441
Immunization Requirement 441
Policy on Illegal Drugs 441
Military Tuition Benefit 442
Tuition Waiver for Family Members of Deceased or
Disabled Emergency Workers 443
Residence Status for Tuition Purposes 443
Student Right-to-Know Act 446
Students’ Educational Records at the Office of the President,
The University of North Carolina: Annual Notification
of Rights 447
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act 447
CAMPUS MAP 449–452
INDEX 453–460
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Visiting Campus
Visitors are always welcome at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
If you are a prospective student and want information about ad-mission
to the University, contact the Undergraduate Admissions
Office at (919) 966-3621 or go to www.admissions.unc.edu.
The UNC–Chapel Hill Visitors’ Center offers tours, maps, and
information about the University and the Carolina community. Its
interactive touchscreen can direct visitors to anywhere they need to
go on campus. Located inside the Morehead Planetarium Building at
250 East Franklin Street, the center is open Monday through Friday,
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Campus visitors can learn about the University’s stories, legends,
and realities on a walking tour that highlights the past, present,
and future of Carolina. This is an informative, 55-minute stroll
through the heart of the historic campus, down the tree-lined brick
pathways of the nation’s oldest state university and one of its pre-mier
institutions in teaching, research, and public service. Special-ized
tours for prospective graduate students and school groups are
also offered, led by enthusiastic students with a wealth of knowl-edge
about UNC–Chapel Hill. Call the Visitors’ Center at (919)
962-1630 for tour times.
Parking information and a campus map are available at the Visi-tors’
Center or on the Web at www.unc.edu/visitors.
Overnight accommodations are usually available (except on
football weekends, Commencement weekend, and other special
occasions) at the Carolina Inn, near the center of the University.
Call the Carolina Inn at (919) 933-2001 for overnight reservations.
People planning to visit campus should seek reservations well in
advance. The Carolina Inn supports the North Carolina Collection
at Wilson Library on campus.
Numerous other hotels are located in the Chapel Hill vicinity.
Contact the UNC–Chapel Hill Visitors’ Center at (919) 962-1630
or visit the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors’ Bureau at www.
visitchapelhill.org.
Using the Undergraduate Bulletin
The Undergraduate Bulletin is a valuable resource that prospective
and enrolled students can use throughout their days at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Bulletin supplies general in-formation
about the University to prospective students and their par-ents.
It includes information about application procedures and about
orientation and matriculation for students who have been accepted.
Academic regulations, University facilities, and college life also
are described. Departmental degree requirements and course offer-ings
are included, but students in some specialized curricula will be
referred to other publications for additional information. Enrolled
students are encouraged to use the Bulletin in addition to talking
with faculty advisors.
This bulletin is concerned primarily with prospective students and
with undergraduates enrolled in the General College, the College of
Arts and Sciences, and the Schools of Business, Dentistry, Education,
Information and Library Science, Journalism and Mass Communi-cation,
Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health, as well as
Summer School.
The following catalogs and admissions brochures are published by
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in print form and/or
on the Web: Kenan–Flagler Business School, School of Dentistry,
School of Education, School of Government, The Graduate School,
School of Information and Library Science, School of Journalism
and Mass Communication, School of Law, School of Medicine,
School of Nursing, Gillings School of Global Public Health, School
of Social Work, and Summer School. Part-Time Classroom Studies
and Self-Paced Courses also publish course catalogs.
Carolina on the Web
To find out more about the University through the Web, visit the
University’s home page at www.unc.edu.
Corresponding with the University
Prospective students are welcome to contact the University’s Office
of Undergraduate Admissions for more information about the Uni-versity
and to schedule a campus tour. Campus visitors can find the
office in Jackson Hall on Country Club Road. The mailing address
is Undergraduate Admissions, CB# 2200, Jackson Hall, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-2200.
After being formally accepted, students may have questions
about housing and accommodations. If so, students can contact
the Department of Housing and Residential Education in the
Student and Academic Services Building (SASB), CB# 5500, 450
Ridge Rd., or call (919) 962-5406 or (800) UNC-5502. The hous-ing
Web site is located at housing.unc.edu.
Students with questions about their proposed program of study
should establish contact with the academic dean in that area. The
General College, telephone (919) 966-5116, is responsible for all
first-year students, except those in dental hygiene, who should
communicate directly with their department. The Office of Schol-arships
and Student Aid, CB# 2300, 300 Vance Hall, telephone
(919) 962-8396, Web studentaid.unc.edu, has general charge of
scholarships, grants, job opportunities, and loans.
Telephone calls to any office or person in the University system
can be completed through the University operator in Chapel Hill
when the caller does not know the direct number. The operator’s
number is (919) 962-2211.
A lost and found office is maintained on the third floor of the
New Student Union, Room 3512, by Alpha Phi Omega service
fraternity.
Campus Tours for Prospective Students
Tours for prospective students begin between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00
p.m. Monday through Friday year round, except during some
holidays and semester breaks. Tours begin at the Office of Under-
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graduate Admissions and are led by Carolina students. To make
reservations, call (919) 966-3621, visit www.admissions.unc.edu,
e-mail unchelp@admissions.unc.edu, or write Undergraduate Ad-missions,
CB# 2200, Jackson Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-2200.
Obtaining an Undergraduate Bulletin
Admitted first-year students will be given the opportunity to ob-tain
a free printed Undergraduate Bulletin during their new student
orientation visit to campus. Thereafter, students can refer to new
printed editions of the Bulletin by purchasing one from Student
Stores in person or via the Web. For information about purchasing
the Bulletin, visit store.unc.edu and click on “School Bulletins.”
Printed reference copies of the Bulletin are available at campus
libraries and with each student’s faculty advisor. The Bulletin is also
available on the Web at www.unc.edu/ugradbulletin.
Reaching the Office of
Undergraduate Admissions
The starting point for most prospective students is the University’s
Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Knowledgeable staff mem-bers
help prospective students understand the requirements and
procedures of applying for admission to UNC–Chapel Hill. Ad-missions
staff can be reached at Undergraduate Admissions, CB#
2200, Jackson Hall, The University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-2200, by telephone at (919) 966-
3621, or at www.admissions.unc.edu.
The Mission Statement of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the nation’s first public university, serves North Carolina, the United States, and
the world through teaching, research, and public service. We embrace an unwavering commitment to excellence as one of the world’s
great research universities.
Our mission is to serve as a center for research, scholarship, and creativity and to teach a diverse community of undergraduate,
graduate, and professional students to become the next generation of leaders. Through the efforts of our exceptional faculty and
staff, and with generous support from North Carolina’s citizens, we invest our knowledge and resources to enhance access to learn-ing
and to foster the success and prosperity of each rising generation. We also extend knowledge-based services and other resources
of the University to the citizens of North Carolina and their institutions to enhance the quality of life for all people in the State.
With lux, libertas—light and liberty—as its founding principles, the University has charted a bold course of leading change to improve
society and to help solve the world’s greatest problems.
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The University of North Carolina was anticipated by a section of the
first state constitution drawn up in 1776 directing the establishing
of “one or more universities” in which “all useful learning shall be
duly encouraged and promoted.” State support, it directed, should
be provided so that instruction might be available “at low prices.”
The American Revolution intervened, and it was not until 1789, the
year that George Washington became president of the new nation,
that the University was chartered by the General Assembly.
Despite constitutional instructions to the contrary, no state ap-propriations
were made, and the trustees were left to secure land
and money themselves. On October 12, 1793, the cornerstone was
laid for a brick building on a hilltop near the center of the state
amidst the colorful fall foliage of dogwood, oak, and tulip trees.
The site, lying at the crossing of north–south and east–west
roads, was marked only by a small Anglican chapel that soon shared
part of its name—New Hope Chapel Hill—with the community
that developed there. Legislator and trustee William R. Davie, who
had been instrumental in securing passage of the charter, took the
lead in organizing the University. Davie presided over the Masonic
ritual of the laying of the cornerstone. In time he came to be called
“the Father of the University.” Many years later a large poplar or
tulip tree, first mentioned in 1818 and still standing near the center
of the old campus, was called Davie Poplar in his honor.
The first building and, indeed, the only building for two years,
was a two-story brick structure that came to be called Old East. It
is now a National Historic Landmark, the oldest state university
building in America. Opened to students on January 15, 1795,
the University of North Carolina received its first student, Hinton
James of New Hanover County, on February 12. By March there
were two professors and 41 students present.
The second state university did not begin classes until 1801,
when a few students from nearby academies assembled under a
large tree at Athens, Georgia, for instruction. By then four classes
had already been graduated at Chapel Hill, and there were to be
three more before the first diplomas were issued in Georgia. The
next building on the Carolina campus was Person Hall, begun in
1796 and long used as the chapel. The cornerstone of Main or
South Building was laid in 1798. All three are older than any other
American state university building.
The Young University
During the early 19th century the trustees began a period of strong
support in the development of the young University. Even though
their proclaimed initial goal for the University had been to provide
trained leadership for the state, the curriculum followed the cus-tomary
classical trend. In 1815, however, the natural sciences were
given equal place, and in the 1820s Professors Denison Olmstead
and Elisha Mitchell prepared the nation’s first geological survey. In
1831 the first astronomical observatory at a state university was
built under the direction of President Joseph Caldwell. Student en-rollment
increased steadily, and by 1860 only Harvard, Yale, and
the University of Virginia had more students.
Young men from many states came to Chapel Hill for their educa-tion,
particularly those from families who had recently left North
Carolina to settle elsewhere in the South. The University of North
Carolina provided governors not only for North Carolina but also
for many other states; countless professions and occupations were
represented among its graduates, including cabinet members, clergy-men,
diplomats, engineers, geologists, judges, legislators, surveyors,
teachers, and a president and a vice president of the United States.
Though the Civil War closed many colleges and universities,
the University at Chapel Hill remained open throughout the war,
though its students were few. During Reconstruction, however,
it was closed from 1870 until 1875. When it reopened, the Uni-versity’s
leadership began to inaugurate programs that once again
marked it as a leading university.
The General Assembly in 1931 consolidated the University with
the Woman’s College at Greensboro and North Carolina State Col-lege
at Raleigh under a single board of trustees. As an economy mea-sure
during the Depression and as a means of eliminating duplica-tion,
the trustees allocated each unit specific roles in higher educa-tion
for the state. The offices of the Consolidated University were es-tablished
on the Chapel Hill campus and University President Frank
Porter Graham became the Consolidated University’s first president.
The period of the Depression in the 1930s saw a great deal of
new construction on the campus as federal funds became available
to create jobs for the unemployed. New dormitories, classroom
buildings, a gymnasium, and other buildings and improvements
were built in part from this source. World War II also resulted in
some new construction and alterations on campus as the Univer-sity’s
facilities were used to train military personnel.
Expansion continued throughout the 20th century, and today
UNC–Chapel Hill ranks among the great institutions of higher
education in the nation. Beginning with one building, 41 students,
and two professors, the University has now grown to more than
300 buildings, more than 29,000 students each year, and nearly
3,600 faculty members.
Facilities for a 21st-Century Education
The campus underwent an unprecedented physical transforma-tion
made possible in part by North Carolinians’ overwhelming
approval in November 2000 of a $3.1 billion bond referendum for
higher education. Through 49 projects, the bonds provided more
than $515 million for renovations and new buildings at Carolina.
Also guided by a visionary campus master plan for growth, the
University leveraged state appropriations from the General Assem-bly
with investments from nonstate sources, including private gifts
raised during the Carolina First Campaign. The resulting capital
construction program exceeded $2.3 billion. More than 100 proj-ects
were completed.
Designed mainly around the principle of enhancing the Univer-sity’s
mission of teaching, research, and public service, the campus
master plan shows where and how to place new buildings over the
next several decades. While providing a blueprint for expansion
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in a modern era, its design also ensures that the most cherished
physical features of the historic campus—including the sense of
place—will remain in harmonious balance with the new growth.
Commitment to Diversity
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill strives for excel-lence
both in academic engagement and cocurricular support. Sus-taining
a diverse and inclusive community is critical to achieving
educational excellence.
Framework for Understanding Diversity at
UNC–Chapel Hill
The University in the 21st century functions in a global context.
The historical, political, economic, and educational backgrounds
of the University, the state, and the nation shape our present cir-cumstances
and inform the measures we must take to accomplish
our highest aspirations. We acknowledge that we face an ongoing
challenge to overcome the effects and influences of adverse histori-cal,
social, political, and economic factors. The University engages
in teaching, research, and service to expand and discover knowl-edge,
promote educational enlightenment, and improve under-standing
with the ultimate end of uplifting humankind. Education
takes place most productively among persons with differing social
backgrounds, economic circumstances, personal characteristics,
philosophical outlooks, life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, and
expectations. The University works to assure that we have a com-plement
of students, faculty, and staff that broadly reflects the ways
in which people differ. We believe that “diversity matters” within
and beyond the campus community.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill makes a com-mitment
to certain core values with respect to diversity:
• Supporting intellectual freedom, personal integrity and justice,
and improving conditions of human life
• Creating and sustaining an environment for students, faculty, and
staff that represents the diversity of our state and our nation
• Promoting intellectual growth and educational benefits of diver-sity
through interactions and dialogue among members of the
community
UNC–Chapel Hill’s commitment to diversity excellence began in
the 1960s through the support of minority programming and con-tinues
today through the establishment of the Office for Diversity
and Multicultural Affairs (DMA).
The vision of DMA is to build and sustain an inclusive campus
community and to foster a welcoming climate that values and re-spects
all members of the University community.
DMA is an administrative unit in the Office of the Executive
Vice Chancellor and Provost. It is led by the vice provost for di-versity
and multicultural affairs, who serves as the chief diversity
officer and advises the University community on diversity poli-cies
and issues. The office collaborates with University officers and
campus units to identify and implement strategies and initiatives
for achieving the goals of increased diversity, with an ultimate goal
of building an inclusive environment that values and respects the
contributions of students, faculty, and staff.
DMA provides diversity education, training, and development
for faculty, staff, students, and community members; develops,
implements, and supports recruitment and leadership programs
that facilitate access and retention and promote inclusive excellence
across institutional segments (e.g., student enrollment, faculty hir-ing,
staff development); conducts diversity research, assessment,
and reporting to generate and inform the campus and beyond
on diversity-related issues; and provides consultation and project
management to promote and enhance diversity and community
engagement. In order to accomplish these tasks, DMA relies on
its four major reporting areas: Carolina Latina/o Collaborative; Di-versity
Education and Initiatives; Inclusive Student Excellence and
Multicultural Programs; and Research, Assessment, and Analytics.
Partnerships and collaborations with vice chancellors, deans,
and other unit heads are leveraged to accomplish the University’s
goals for establishing diversity within the faculty, staff, and student
cohorts and for fulfilling the public university mission of service,
outreach, and engagement. Additional information can be found at
www.unc.edu/diversity.
Top Rankings
The University has been recognized for the quality of its under-graduate
and graduate programs in every national survey conduct-ed
in the last third of the 20th century and into the 21st. U.S.
News and World Report’s survey of American colleges and universi-ties
consistently ranks the University among the best colleges in the
nation and among the top research universities.
These accolades reflect the quality of the curriculum and of the
faculty, whose research orientation allows them to share with their
students not only the thrill of discovery but also the latest advance-ments
and new knowledge. Another asset that contributes to this
reputation is UNC–Chapel Hill’s superb library system containing
more than seven million volumes. It is ranked among the top re-search
libraries in the United States and Canada by the Association
of Research Libraries.
Research
Carolina ranks among the top public universities in the United States
in research support. Faculty attracted more than $767 million in to-tal
research grants and contracts in fiscal 2012 for research that is
helping to cure diseases and produce new knowledge to help people.
Excluding federal stimulus support, research funding totaled $759
million, compared with $732 million last year. On a year-to-year
average, UNC–Chapel Hill’s research awards comprise a little over
half of the total research awards for all UNC system campuses.
The steady growth of research funding over the past 15 years is
a great tribute to the success of the faculty and a multidisciplinary
approach to advancing knowledge and science. UNC–Chapel Hill
faculty are part of an internationally recognized research enterprise
that draws from five health sciences schools (dentistry, medicine,
nursing, pharmacy, and public health), UNC Health Care and its
teaching hospitals, as well as basic and social science units in the
College of Arts and Sciences.
At UNC–Chapel Hill, research is not limited to just faculty and
graduate students. Through the Office of Undergraduate Research
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in the College of Arts and Sciences, first-year students through se-niors
have opportunities to work one-on-one with faculty mentors
to design and carry out research projects to help them find new
answers to complex questions. Undergraduate research can be con-ducted
through coursework, internships, creative performances,
and mentored independent study at home and abroad.
Public Service
As the first public university in the nation, the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill has a long and proud history of engage-ment.
The University’s public service and engagement activities
extend to every region of North Carolina, helping communities
promote public health, improve their schools, deliver better medi-cal
services, stimulate economic development, understand their
heritage, and enrich the quality of life. Dozens of UNC–Chapel
Hill faculty members share their expertise on state commissions,
licensing and regulatory boards, task forces, and committees to
benefit North Carolinians. Many of the University’s student orga-nizations
help nonprofit agencies throughout the year.
Since its establishment in 1859 the Campus Y has been one of
the most vibrant student organizations at the University. The Y is
a leader in on-campus dialogue and off-campus service related to
social justice and activism. To learn more, go to campus-y.unc.edu.
The Carolina Center for Public Service offers a variety of pro-gramming
to support public service and engagement at Carolina,
providing students a framework to explore service opportunities,
learn new skills, and link their academic experience to making a
difference in the community. The Buckley Public Service Scholar
(BPSS) program is open to all undergraduates and encourages par-ticipants
to complete a required number of service hours, a service-learning
class, four skills training sessions, and reflective exercises in
order to receive official University recognition on their transcripts.
Since the program’s launch in 2003, more than 4,177 students have
logged more than 1,078,486 hours of service. Other opportunities
available through BPSS include Outward Bound Scholarships and
enrollment in courses, such as Philanthropy as a Tool for Social
Change and SMART Mentoring. The APPLES Service-Learning
program provides opportunities for undergraduate students to
serve with community-based organizations through service-learn-ing
courses and internships, alternative breaks, fellowships, and
the Service-Learning Initiative. The center also offers funding and
public service awards that provide opportunities for undergraduate
and graduate students to further their involvement and community
engagement through innovative service projects.
For more information about the Carolina Center for Public Ser-vice,
visit ccps.unc.edu. Students who want to stay informed about
program deadlines and information can sign up for the center’s
weekly Public Service News at ccps.unc.edu/news-events/public-service-
news-listserv.
Into the Future
The University is the most comprehensive institution in North
Carolina, both in the range of its programs at all levels and in the
breadth of its specialized research and public service programs. Its
14 schools and the College of Arts and Sciences provide instruc-tion
in more than 100 fields, offering 77 bachelor’s, 109 master’s,
66 doctoral, and six professional degrees, as well as 54 certificates,
in academic areas critical to North Carolina’s future: business, den-tistry,
education, information and library science, journalism and
mass communication, government, law, medicine, nursing, phar-macy,
public health, and social work, among others.
For 218 years since its doors first opened to students, the Univer-sity
has remained faithful to its founders’ charge to duly encourage
and promote all useful learning for the betterment of humanity.
Adapted from an article by William S. Powell, Professor Emeritus,
Department of History
unc-cha pel hil
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University Registrar calendars can be obtained on the University Registrar’s Web site:
registrar.unc.edu. For more information on Maymester, visit summer.unc.edu.
Summer Session I (SSI) and Maymester (MM) 2013
Classes begin SSI and MM Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Last day for late registration MM Tuesday, May 14
Last day for late registration SSI Wednesday, May 15
Holiday Monday, May 27
Classes end/exams MM Thursday, May 30 /
Friday, May 31
Classes end SSI Friday, June 14
Exam days SSI Monday, June 17
Tuesday, June 18
Summer Session II 2013
Classes begin Thursday, June 20
Last day for late registration Friday, June 21
Holiday Thursday, July 4
Classes end Tuesday, July 23
Exam days Thursday, July 25
Friday, July 26
Fall Semester 2013
Residence halls open Saturday, August 17, 2013
New student convocation Sunday, August 18
Summer reading program Monday, August 19
Classes begin for all students Tuesday, August 20
Last day for late registration Monday, August 26
HOLIDAY (Labor Day) Monday, September 2
University Day Saturday, October 12
Fall break begins 5 p.m. Wednesday, October 16
Classes resume 8 a.m. Monday, October 21
Thanksgiving recess (no classes held) Wednesday, November 27
University Holiday Thursday, November 28
Friday, November 29
Classes resume 8 a.m. Monday, December 2
Classes end Wednesday, December 4
Reading days Thursday, December 5
Wednesday, December 11
Exam days Friday, December 6
Saturday, December 7
Monday, December 9
Tuesday, December 10
Thursday, December 12
Friday, December 13
Fall Commencement Sunday, December 15
The Fall semester includes 43 class periods of 50 minutes each on MWF and
29 class periods of 75 minutes each on TTH for a total of 72 days.
Days of Instruction
15 – Mondays 16 – Tuesdays
15 – Wednesdays 13 – Thursdays
13 – Fridays
43 29
(2,150 minutes + 180 exam = 2,330) (2,175 minutes + 180 exam = 2,355)
Spring Semester 2014
Residence halls open Sunday, January 5, 2014
Classes begin Wednesday, January 8
Last day of late registration Tuesday, January 14
Holiday Monday, January 20
Spring break begins 5 p.m. Friday, March 7
Classes resume 8 a.m. Monday, March 17
Holiday Friday, April 18
Classes end Friday, April 25
Reading days Wednesday, April 30
Saturday, May 3
Exam days Monday, April 28
Tuesday, April 29
Thursday, May 1
Friday, May 2
Monday, May 5
Tuesday, May 6
Spring Commencement Sunday, May 11
The Spring semester includes 43 class periods of 50 minutes each on MWF
and 29 class periods of 75 minutes each on TTH for a total of 72 days.
Days of Instruction
14 – Mondays 14 – Tuesdays
15 – Wednesdays 15 – Thursdays
14 – Fridays
43 29
(2,150 minutes + 180 exam = 2,330) (2,175 minutes + 180 exam = 2,355)
Academic Calendar 2013-2014
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Summer Session I (SSI) and Maymester (MM) 2014
Classes begin SSI and MM Tuesday, May 13
Last day for late registration MM Tuesday, May 13
Last day for late registration SSI Wednesday, May 14
Holiday Monday, May 26
Classes end / exams MM Thursday, May 29 / Friday,
May 30
Classes end SSI Friday, June 13
Reading day SSI Saturday, June 14
Exam days SSI Monday, June 16
Tuesday, June 17
Summer Session II 2014
Classes begin Thursday, June 19
Last day for late registration Friday, June 20
Holiday Friday, July 4
Classes end Tuesday, July 22
Reading day Wednesday, July 23
Exam days Thursday, July 24
Friday, July 25
academic calendar
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Office of the Chancellor
Holden Thorp, Ph.D., Chancellor (until June 30, 2013)
Carol L. Folt, Ph.D., Chancellor-Elect (beginning July 1, 2013)
Erin Schuettpelz, B.A., Chief of Staff and Secretary of the University
Office of the Provost
Bruce W. Carney, Ph.D., Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
Ronald B. Strauss, Ph.D., Executive Vice Provost and Chief
International Officer
Carol Tresolini, Ph.D., Vice Provost, Academic Initiatives
Taffye Benson Clayton, Ed.D., Vice Provost, Diversity and
Multicultural Affairs
Dwayne Pinkney, Ph.D., Vice Provost, Finance and Academic
Planning
Shirley A. Ort, J.D., Associate Provost and Director, Scholarships
and Student Aid
Sarah Michalak, M.L.S., Associate Provost and University Librarian
Stephen M. Farmer, M.A., Vice Provost, Enrollment and
Undergraduate Admissions
Christopher Derickson, M.A., Assistant Provost and University
Registrar
College of Arts and Sciences
Karen Gil, Ph.D., Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Tammy McHale, M.B.A., Senior Associate Dean, Finance and
Planning
Terry Ellen Rhodes, D.M.A., Senior Associate Dean, Fine Arts and
Humanities
Shannon Kennedy, B.A., Senior Associate Dean, Development;
Executive Director, Arts and Sciences Foundation
Kevin Guskiewicz, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean, Natural Sciences
and Mathematics
Jonathan Hartlyn, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean, Social Sciences
and Global Programs
Office of Undergraduate Education
Bobbi Owen, M.F.A., Senior Associate Dean, Undergraduate
Education
Lee Yeager May, Ph.D., Associate Dean and Director, Academic
Advising
Harold Woodard, M.A., Associate Dean and Director, Center for
Student Success and Academic Counseling
Drew S. Coleman, Ph.D., Assistant Dean, First Year Seminars
James L. Leloudis, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Carolina Honors;
Director, James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence
Erika Lindemann, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Undergraduate Curricula
Krista M. Perreira, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Undergraduate Research
School Deans
James W. Dean Jr., Ph.D., Dean, Kenan–Flagler Business School
Jane A. Weintraub, D.D.S., M.P.H., Dean, School of Dentistry
G. Williamson McDiarmid, Ph.D., Dean, School of Education
Michael R. Smith, J.D., Dean, School of Government
Steven W. Matson, Ph.D., Dean, The Graduate School
Gary Marchionini, Ph.D., Dean, School of Information and Library
Science
Susan Robinson King, M.A., Dean, School of Journalism and Mass
Communication
John Charles “Jack” Boger, J.D., Dean, School of Law
William L. Roper, M.D., Dean, School of Medicine; Vice
Chancellor, Medical Affairs; CEO, UNC Health Care System
Kristen M. Swanson, Ph.D., Dean, School of Nursing
Robert Blouin, Pharm.D., Dean, Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Barbara K. Rimer, Dr.P.H., Dean, Gillings School of Global Public
Health
Jack M. Richman, Ph.D., Dean, School of Social Work
Jan J. Yopp, M.A., Dean, Summer School
Robert Gray Bruce Jr., Ph.D., Director, The William and Ida
Friday Center for Continuing Education
Finance and Administration
Karol Kain Gray, B.S.B.A., Vice Chancellor, Finance and
Administration
Meredith Weiss, Ph.D., Associate Vice Chancellor, Business Services
and Administration
Carolyn W. Elfland, M.B.A., Associate Vice Chancellor, Campus
Services
Bruce L. Runberg, M.S. Civil Eng., M.S. Mgmt., Associate Vice
Chancellor, Facilities Planning and Construction
Kevin Seitz, M.B.A., Associate Vice Chancellor, Finance
Gordon Merklein, M.C.R.P., Executive Director, Real Estate
Development
Human Resources
Brenda R. Malone, J.D., Vice Chancellor, Human Resources
Matthew S. Brody, M.S., Associate Vice Chancellor, Human
Resources
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Administrative Officers
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Information Technology Services
Chris Kielt, Interim Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer
Ramon Padilla Jr., M.B.A., Associate Vice Chancellor and Deputy
Chief Information Officer
Medical Affairs
William Roper, M.D., Vice Chancellor, Medical Affairs; CEO,
UNC Health Care System; Dean, School of Medicine
Research and Economic Development
Barbara Entwisle, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor, Research
Robert P. Lowman, Ph.D., Associate Vice Chancellor, Research
Robin L. Cyr, Associate Vice Chancellor, Research; Director, Office of
Sponsored Research
Andrew S. Johns, Associate Vice Chancellor, Research; Director,
Office of Research Information Systems
Student Affairs
Winston B. Crisp, J.D., Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs
Christopher Payne, Ph.D., Associate Vice Chancellor, Student
Affairs; Chief of Staff
Bettina Shuford, Ph.D., Associate Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs
University Advancement
Julia Sprunt Grumbles, B.A., Interim Vice Chancellor, University
Advancement
Elizabeth Dunn, Ph.D., Senior Associate Vice Chancellor,
Development
Michael B. McFarland, M.A., Interim Associate Vice Chancellor,
University Relations
University Counsel
Leslie Chambers Strohm, J.D., Vice Chancellor and General
Counsel
Patricia C. Crawford, J.D., Associate Vice Chancellor and Deputy
General Counsel
David M. Parker, J.D., Associate Vice Chancellor and Deputy
General Counsel
Athletics
Lawrence R. “Bubba” Cunningham, M.B.A., Director, Athletics
admin istrative oficers
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Board of Trustees
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Admissions
The University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill: Admissions Policy
I. All qualified persons are welcome to seek admission to the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and all persons
may apply for and accept admission confident that the policy
and regular practice of the institution are not to discriminate
in offering access to its educational programs and activities
on the basis of age, gender, race, color, national origin, re-ligion,
creed, disability, veteran’s status, sexual orientation,
gender identity, or gender expression. (See www.unc.edu/
campus/policies/nondiscrim.pdf.)
II. Projections of the number of students to be admitted and en-rolled
in any year shall be determined a) by the capacity of the
institution to meet the instructional and other needs of students
in the colleges, schools, departments, curricula, or other pro-grams
to which applicants seek admission and b) by enrollment
levels approved for budgetary or other appropriate purposes.
III. When at any time the number of qualified applicants for
admission exceeds the number of persons who can be ad-mitted
and enrolled (as determined by the criteria specified
in II above), those to be offered admission shall be selected
on the basis of a) recognition of the institution’s special re-sponsibility
to residents of North Carolina and b) the insti-tution’s
judgment of the applicant’s relative qualifications
for satisfactory performance in the specific college, school,
department, curriculum, or other program to which the ap-plicant
seeks admission.
Provided that the criteria set forth hereinafter are met, this policy
of competitive admissions shall not prevent the admission of se-lected
applicants a) who give evidence of possessing special talents
for University programs requiring such special talents, b) whose
admission is designed to help achieve variety within the total num-ber
of students admitted and enrolled, or c) who seek educational
programs not readily available at other institutions.
In seeking variety within the total number of students admitted
and enrolled, the University shall affirm its commitment to achieve
excellence, to provide for the leadership of the educational, govern-mental,
scientific, business, humanistic, artistic, and professional
institutions of the state and nation, and to enrich the lives of all the
people of North Carolina.
In the application of this policy of competitive admissions to
nonresident students, preference for admission may be given
to nonresident applicants who are children of alumni of the
institution.
IV. Admission of persons to the specific colleges, schools, curri-cula,
or other programs of the institution shall be governed
by the provisions set forth below.
Undergraduate Admissions
Admission of undergraduate students to colleges or schools to pur-sue
programs leading to a baccalaureate degree shall be the responsi-bility
of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. The Admissions
Office shall apply policies and procedures that, not inconsistent
with policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, are approved by the
Advisory Committee on Undergraduate Admissions.
In the application of the provisions set forth in III above, prefer-ence
for admission shall be given to qualified residents of North
Carolina; however, in recognition of the educational and other
values accruing to North Carolina students, to the institution,
and to the state from participation of nonresident students in the
programs of the institution, nonresidents may be admitted in the
entering first-year class in numbers likely to result in no more than
18 percent nonresident enrollment in the entering first-year class.
Admission of undergraduates shall be to the first-year class, to
other classes by transfer after satisfactory completion of one or more
years of acceptable college-level work in some other institution(s)
of higher education, or to Part-Time Classroom Studies. Among
applicants seeking admission by transfer, normal administrative
practice shall favor applicants for transfer to the junior class.
Admission and enrollment of persons who are candidates for
financial aid for which athletic ability is a consideration shall be
conditional upon compliance with applicable regulations of the
Atlantic Coast Conference and the National Collegiate Athletic
Association.
Admission to the First-Year Class
Admission to and enrollment in the first-year class shall be condi-tional
upon graduation from secondary school with such units of
secondary school academic course credit as may be specified by the
Office of Undergraduate Admissions; however, if all other criteria
are met, the Admissions Office may make exceptions to the second-ary
school graduation and course credit requirements in accordance
with procedures approved by the Advisory Committee on Under-graduate
Admissions.
Criteria employed for determination of each applicant’s quali-fications
for admission shall include a) satisfactory evidence of
scholastic promise based upon the applicant’s previous academic
record, recommendations from schools previously attended,
scores on selected tests of scholastic aptitude or achievement,
the applicant’s written application for admission, and the ap-plicant’s
predicted grade average for the first year as determined
by procedures approved by the Advisory Committee on Un-dergraduate
Admissions and b) satisfactory evidence of the ap-plicant’s
capacity to cope with the demands of University life.
Admission by Transfer
Admission and enrollment by transfer from another institution
shall be conditional upon a satisfactory academic record on work
undertaken in all other institutions attended, satisfactory recom-mendations
from institutions previously attended, and eligibility to
return to all previously attended institutions of higher education.
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Part-Time Classroom Studies Admissions
Eligibility for admission to Part-Time Classroom Studies shall nor-mally
be limited to adult individuals living within commuting dis-tance
of Chapel Hill.
Admission to Part-Time Classroom Studies of an applicant who
does not hold a baccalaureate degree shall be the responsibility of the
Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Such admissions shall be either
• For full credit, applicable toward fulfillment of degree require-ments,
in which case the minimum requirements shall be the same
as those for admission to degree programs and in which case the
Office of Undergraduate Admissions shall review each applicant
using the same admissions criteria as for comparable full-time,
degree-seeking students applying to the University; or
• For personal benefit and enjoyment, in which case the applicant
may be exempted from the qualitative requirements for admission
to degree programs. Notwithstanding this exemption from quali-tative
requirements, the applicant must have graduated from an
approved or accredited secondary school and must demonstrate
the capacity to cope with the demands of University life.
Admission to Part-Time Classroom Studies of an applicant who
is currently enrolled in high school shall be the responsibility of
the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Such admissions shall be
considered only when an applicant a) seeks to enroll in a Univer-sity
course for which there is no comparable course at the student’s
secondary school and b) demonstrates adequate preparation for the
course in which the student seeks to enroll.
Admission to Part-Time Classroom Studies of an applicant who
holds a baccalaureate degree shall be the responsibility of the William
and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education. Such admissions
shall be for personal benefit and enjoyment, for the satisfaction of
prerequisite requirements for professional or graduate programs, or
for transfer of credit to a postbaccalaureate degree program, in which
case the applicant may be exempted from the qualitative require-ments
for admission to degree programs.
Graduate School Admissions
With recognition of the institution’s special responsibility to resi-dents
of North Carolina but without restrictions based on resi-dence
status, admission to The Graduate School shall be a selective
process with the objective of enrolling from the pool of applicants
for each discipline those students who, in the judgment of the in-stitution,
are best qualified to pursue graduate degrees in their cho-sen
academic fields. Admission of graduate students shall be the
responsibility of the dean of The Graduate School with the advice
and assistance of the Administrative Board of The Graduate School
and of the graduate faculties of the departments, schools, and cur-ricula
authorized to offer graduate degree programs.
For admission to The Graduate School, the applicant must
• Hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or uni-versity
in the United States or its equivalent from an institution
abroad
• Present a strong overall record of academic achievement
• Be in good standing in the last-attended institution where gradu-ate
work has been or is being taken, and
• Be admitted as a degree student unless there are exceptional cir-cumstances
justifying admission for nondegree study with the ap-proval
of the dean of The Graduate School.
The graduate student enrollment level for each school, department,
or curriculum shall be determined for each academic year by the
dean of The Graduate School following consultation with each of
the schools, departments, and curricula concerned.
Professional School Admissions
Admission of students to the professional degree programs in schools
other than The Graduate School and to nondegree programs in the
schools of the Division of Health Affairs shall be, in each of these
schools, the responsibility of its established committee on admis-sions,
which shall apply policies, procedures, and requirements, not
inconsistent with the provisions of this policy, adopted by the faculty
of the school and approved by the chancellor or his delegate.
Summer Admissions
Admission of applicants to any summer session shall be the
responsibility
• Of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions with respect to those
who wish to begin in the summer an undergraduate program of
study that will continue into the following academic year or that
is intended to lead to a baccalaureate degree from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as well as those undergraduates
already enrolled in this institution who wish to return for under-graduate
work in the summer
• Of The Graduate School with respect to those who wish to begin
a degree program of graduate study in the summer, as well as
those graduate students already enrolled in this institution who
wish to return for graduate study in the summer
• Of Part-Time Classroom Studies in the Friday Center for Continu-ing
Education with respect to those who wish to begin in the sum-mer
on a part-time basis as a postbaccalaureate nondegree student, as
well as those already enrolled in the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill who wish to return for part-time study in the summer.
Admission to Summer School by the Office of Undergraduate Ad-missions,
The Graduate School, and Part-Time Classroom Studies
shall be in conformity with the provisions set forth in this policy for
other undergraduate and graduate admissions.
Admission to Summer School by the dean of Summer School
shall be in conformity with policies, procedures, and requirements
adopted by the Administrative Board of Summer School. Each
such admission shall terminate as of the last day of that summer
term and shall include no commitment, stated or implied, for ad-mission
of the student to any subsequent semester or session of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
V. Appeals concerning individual admission, or admission re-scission,
decisions shall be governed by the admissions appeal
procedure contained in Appendix A.
* This policy adopted by resolution of the Board of Trustees on
September 3, 1976.
* Amended by Board of Trustees, August 24, 1984.
* Amended by Board of Governors, March 14, 1986.
* Amended by Board of Trustees, May 27, 1994.
* Amended by Board of Trustees, effective January 1, 2006.
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Appendix A: Admissions Appeal Procedure
This document sets forth the procedures to be followed with respect
to the appeal of a negative admissions decision, including a decision
to rescind an admission that has already been granted.
I. Appeal to Admissions Officer
Appeals concerning individual admission, or admission rescission,
decisions may be had only if it is contended that a) a provision set
forth in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill admissions
policy (“admissions policy”) has been violated or b) the decision
not to admit the individual or to rescind admission resulted from a
material procedural error in the admissions process. Such an appeal
shall be lodged by the applicant-appellant with the administrative
officer (the director of undergraduate admissions, the dean of The
Graduate School, the dean of the professional school concerned, or
the dean of Summer School) whose office had responsibility for the
admission in question (hereafter the “admissions officer”) within
30 days after the appellant has received the letter communicating
the University’s decision. The appeal shall be in writing and shall
set forth the grounds for the appeal.
Upon receipt of the appeal, the admissions officer shall review
the applicant-appellant’s file and appeal letter and shall communi-cate
his or her decision to the appellant in writing.
II. Appeal to Provost
The decision of the admissions officer may be appealed to the
provost only if it is contended that a) a provision set forth in the
admissions policy has been violated or b) the decision not to ad-mit
the individual or to rescind admission resulted from a mate-rial
procedural error in the admissions, or appeal, process. Such an
appeal shall be lodged with the provost by filing a letter of appeal
specifying the grounds for the appeal within 15 days after the ap-pellant
has received the letter communicating the decision of the
admissions officer.
The appeal shall be heard by the provost or the provost’s desig-nee,
and the appellant, at his or her option, may appear in person
or conduct the appeal by telephone. Following the hearing, the
provost or designee will communicate the decision to the appellant
in writing.
III. Appeal to the Board of Trustees
The decision of the provost or his or her designee may be appealed
to the Board of Trustees only if it is contended that a) a provi-sion
set forth in the admissions policy has been violated or b) the
decision not to admit the individual or to rescind admission re-sulted
from a material procedural error in the admissions, or ap-peal,
process. The appellant shall file a letter of appeal specifying
the grounds for the appeal and all supporting facts upon which the
appellant bases his or her appeal within 15 days after receiving the
letter communicating the decision of the provost. The appeal letter
shall be sent to the Office of University Counsel for transmission
to the Board of Trustees.
The Office of University Counsel shall review the appeal letter
to determine if it states a valid ground for appeal. If the letter does
not state a proper ground for appeal, the appeal will not go forward
to the Board of Trustees, and the appellant will be notified to that
effect. If the Office of University Counsel determines that the let-ter
of appeal states a valid ground for appeal, it shall transmit the
appeal to the Board of Trustees.
An appeal to the Board of Trustees shall be considered by a three-person
panel of the Board of Trustees and shall be solely on the
written record, unless the panel expressly requests the presence, in
person or by phone, of both the appellant and the admissions of-ficer
or his or her designee. This three-person panel shall have full
authority to act on behalf of the Board of Trustees, and the decision
of the panel shall be deemed the decision of the Board of Trustees.
The Board of Trustees panel shall consider the record presented to
the provost and all documents and other writings submitted by the
appellant and the admissions officer. The trustee panel may reverse
the decision of the provost only upon a showing by the appellant of
clear and material error on the part of the provost in his or her deci-sion.
Otherwise, the panel shall sustain the provost’s decision. If the
trustee panel reverses the provost’s decision, the panel shall remand
the case to the appropriate admissions office for reconsideration
in light of any guidance the trustee panel chooses to provide. The
panel’s decision will be communicated to the appellant in writing.
There is no appeal from the decision of the trustee panel.
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Undergraduate Admissions
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions serves students interested
in continuing their education at the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. Applications from all students are accepted and
considered. Eighty-two percent of the first-year class will be from
North Carolina, with 18 percent coming from outside the state.
Admission Requirements
Admission to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is
competitive. Although all 16 public universities in North Carolina
share the same minimum course and admission requirements,
which are published at www.northcarolina.edu, these minimum
credentials do not guarantee admission to UNC–Chapel Hill, and
successful candidates typically exceed them.
In evaluating candidates for admission, the University seeks an
entering class whose collective strengths will foster excellence with-in
the University community; enhance the education of everyone
within it; provide for the leadership of the educational, govern-mental,
scientific, business, humanistic, artistic, and professional
institution of the state, nation, and world; and enrich the lives of
all the people of North Carolina.
The University evaluates individual candidates rigorously, ho-listically,
and sympathetically. The admissions committee seeks to
assess the ways in which each candidate will likely contribute to the
campus community and enable the University to fulfill its mission.
The qualities we seek include intellect, talent, curiosity, and cre-ativity;
leadership, kindness, and courage; honesty, perseverance,
perspective, and diversity. Although we expect each successful can-didate
to demonstrate strength in many of these areas, we do not
expect every candidate to be equally strong in all of them. Just as
there is no formula for admission, there is no list of qualities or
characteristics that every applicant must present.
In evaluating each candidate’s academic record, the admissions
committee considers not only the student’s grades but also the dif-ficulty
of the courses attempted. Although each candidate’s academic
record and standardized test scores are important elements in the
admissions decision, the candidate’s essay, accomplishments outside
the classroom, and personal qualities are also carefully considered.
By their anticipated date of enrollment, candidates for admission
should have reached the age of 16 and must have graduated from
secondary school. In addition, the University asks that candidates
present evidence of the capacity to cope with the demands of Uni-versity
life.
Items Necessary for a Complete Application
First-Year Admission
Students may apply for admission by following the instructions at
www.admissions.unc.edu. The completed application will include
the following materials:
• Official transcript(s) from all secondary schools and all colleges or
universities attended
• Official results from the SAT Reasoning or the ACT Plus Writing
examination
• Counselor statement and one teacher recommendation (if the
candidate is in his or her first year at a new school, an additional
recommendation from the previous school is suggested)
• Essays as requested in the application
• Application fee (nonrefundable) or fee waiver request, as indi-cated
in the application
• Any further information that will enhance the University’s un-derstanding
of the applicant’s background and preparation for
college (encouraged but not required)
• Any additional items or information requested in the application
or by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.
Transfer Admission
Students may apply for transfer admission by following the instruc-tions
at www.admissions.unc.edu. The completed application will
include the following materials:
• Official transcript from all colleges attended, including summer
sessions and including any online or distance-education classes
• Official high school transcript (grades nine through 12)
• Application fee (nonrefundable) or fee waiver request, as indi-cated
in the application
• Official results from the SAT Reasoning or the ACT Plus Writing
examination (sophomore transfers only)
• Essays as requested in the application form
• Any additional items or information requested in the application
or by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions
• Community standards form or criminal background check (for
all enrolling transfer students and for other candidates as request-ed
by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions).
Standardized Testing
In accordance with University policy, as well as procedures approved
by the Advisory Committee on Undergraduate Admissions,
the admissions committee evaluates each candidate rigorously,
holistically, and sympathetically, with an eye towards assessing the
candidate’s capacity to contribute to the kind of campus community
that will enable the University to fulfill its mission. Although each
evaluation includes the results of standardized testing, these results
do not constitute the sole or main criterion for admission. There are
no cutoff or threshold scores, no scores below which candidates are
automatically denied admission, and no scores above which they are
automatically offered admission. Instead, results from standardized
testing represent one factor among many. For more about the role of
tests in admissions, please see www.admissions.unc.edu.
Fall/Winter Grades for Transfer Applicants
The fall and winter grades should be submitted to the Office of
Undergraduate Admissions as soon as they become available. An
application will be considered incomplete without them.
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High School Course Requirements
Students interested in attending the University should pursue
a challenging high school curriculum. Such a curriculum will
typically include at least five academic courses during each year of
high school—preferably one each in the core disciplines of English,
mathematics, social science, natural science, and foreign language.
We also expect our candidates to take some of the most rigorous
courses available to them, including college-level courses offered
through Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or
dual-enrollment programs. Our research shows that students who
take at least five college-level courses during high school are well
prepared for the rigor of Carolina.
To be considered for first-year admission, all applicants gradu-ating
from high school after the summer of 2006 should present
these minimum high school course requirements (including the
ninth grade):
• Four units of English
• Four units of college preparatory mathematics (two algebra, one
geometry, and a higher-level mathematics course for which alge-bra
II is a prerequisite)
• At least two units of a single foreign language
• Three units in science, including at least one unit in a life or
biological science and at least one unit in a physical science, and
including at least one laboratory course
• Two units of social science, including United States history, and
• Enough elective units in traditional academic areas (literature,
mathematics, physical and biological sciences, social sciences, and
foreign languages) for a total of 16 units
Because admission to the University is competitive, candidates should
normally enroll in courses beyond these minimum requirements.
Since admitted students will take placement exams in foreign
language, candidates should continue in advanced foreign language
courses during their final year in high school even if they have al-ready
met the minimum requirements.
Placement in courses during students’ first semester at the Uni-versity
will be based on their performance on placement tests. Stu-dents
may also receive credit for University courses based on dual-enrollment
courses taken during high school. Although the student
will take placement exams in some subjects at the University before
the first semester begins, it is to the student’s advantage to take
placement tests in high school, especially those accepted by the
University for placement purposes. For mathematics placement,
the Department of Mathematics strongly recommends that enroll-ing
students arrange to take the Mathematics 2 SAT Subject Test;
although this test is not required for admission, many majors at
Carolina require a quantitative reasoning course for which a math-ematics
placement score is necessary. Foreign language placement
may be based on University placement exams, SAT Subject Tests, or
College Board Advanced Placement tests. For English placement,
students are required to take either English 105 at the University,
or present an equivalent transferable course from another college or
university. Students also are encouraged to take standardized tests
that are recognized for placement in other subject areas.
Dual Enrollment for High School Students
All courses attempted at UNC–Chapel Hill, including but not
limited to summer session courses and dual-enrollment courses
attempted while a student is still in secondary school, will be
included in the UNC grade point average.
College Board Placement Tests
The University recognizes, for placement and degree credit,
satisfactory scores on the College Board Advanced Placement,
International Baccalaureate, and certain SAT Subject Tests. For
more information, please visit www.admissions.unc.edu.
Information about College Board tests and applications for spe-cific
tests may be obtained by visiting www.collegeboard.com; by
writing the Educational Testing Service (Box 592, Princeton, NJ
08504, or Box 025, Berkeley, CA 94707); or by contacting a high
school counselor. Applicants should apply to take a test six to eight
weeks in advance of the actual test date.
Transfer Candidates
Transfer applicants who graduated from high school between 1988
and 2005 must present the following 16 academic units from high
school to be eligible for admission consideration:
• Four years of English
• Three years of mathematics (algebra I, algebra II, and geometry)
• Three years of natural science (one biological, one physical, and at
least one laboratory course)
• Two years of social science (one must be United States history)
• Two years of the same foreign language
• Two additional years of academic electives
Transfer applicants who graduated from high school in 2006 or
later must present all of the high school courses listed above plus
one approved mathematics course beyond algebra II.
Transfer applicants deficient in any of the minimum course re-quirements
will be eligible for transfer consideration only if one of
the following three conditions is met:
A. The applicant has 30 transferable semester hours in the fol-lowing
areas: six semester hours of acceptable college-level English
(not to include remedial courses); six semester hours of acceptable
college-level mathematics (not to include remedial courses; college
algebra is considered remedial); six semester hours of acceptable
college-level social science; six semester hours of acceptable college-level
natural sciences; six semester hours of an acceptable college-level
foreign language;
OR
B. The applicant holds an associate of arts, associate of fine arts,
or associate of science degree from a regionally accredited institu-tion
earned before enrollment at UNC–Chapel Hill;
OR
C. The applicant is at least 24 years old.
To be considered for transfer admission, students must present
at least a C average (2.0 on a 4.0 scale) in all courses attempted at
other accredited colleges and universities. However, a much higher
average is required to be competitive.
Except as otherwise noted, transfer students must satisfy the
minimum course requirements of the University of North Caro-lina
system, even if these requirements differ from the minimum
requirements of their previous institutions.
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Students also must be eligible to return to all institutions previ-ously
attended. Students who have less than a C average and who
are, therefore, academically ineligible for consideration as transfer
students may complete courses at another University in order to
raise their grade point average to the point where they may be con-sidered
for transfer admission to the University. However, Caro-lina’s
Self-Paced Courses, Carolina Courses Online, and University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer School courses cannot
be used to establish eligibility for transfer admission. Because spac-es
are limited, admission is competitive, and the University usually
cannot admit all of the students who meet minimum requirements.
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions evaluates candidates
based on both their high school and college records. We value
strong performance in a challenging curriculum, including courses
in English, mathematics, laboratory science, social science, and for-eign
language. All established academic records, as well as personal
qualities and accomplishments, will be considered in the selection
of the transfer class.
Once an applicant is admitted as a transfer student, any course
credits taken at UNC–Chapel Hill become part of the student’s
official transcript, and grades received are included in the grade
point average.
A transfer student’s class standing upon admission is based on
credit hours accepted by UNC–Chapel Hill for transfer, not on the
number of semesters enrolled at other colleges. Because students
are allowed only eight undergraduate semesters to complete their
degrees at the University, the number of semesters that a student
completes before enrolling at Carolina determines the number of
semesters available after enrolling. Because at least 15 credit hours
are required to complete a semester, a student’s class standing upon
enrollment at UNC–Chapel Hill may differ from his or her class
standing at the college or university previously attended. Students
must earn at least 45 academic credit hours at UNC–Chapel Hill
to earn a UNC–Chapel Hill degree.
A new transfer student with fewer than 15 hours of transfer
credit accepted by UNC–Chapel Hill will have class standing as a
first-year student upon admission to the University.
To enroll with sophomore class standing, a new transfer student
must have at least 30 (and fewer than 59) credit hours accepted for
transfer by UNC–Chapel Hill. Summer enrollment immediately
prior to the first semester of UNC–Chapel Hill enrollment will not
be counted in the hours needed to qualify as a sophomore.
To enroll with junior class standing, a new transfer student must
have at least 60 credit hours accepted for transfer by UNC–Chapel
Hill. Summer enrollment immediately prior to the first semester
of UNC–Chapel Hill enrollment will not be counted in the hours
needed to qualify as a junior.
More specifically,
• A new transfer student with fewer than 15.0 transferable credit
hours will be regarded as having completed no semesters and will
have first-year standing upon enrollment at UNC–Chapel Hill.
• A new transfer student having between 15.0 and 29.9 transferable
credit hours will be regarded as having completed one semester
and will have first-year standing upon enrollment at UNC–Cha-pel
Hill.
• A new transfer student having between 30.0 and 44.9 transferable
credit hours will be regarded as having completed two semesters
and will have sophomore standing upon enrollment at UNC–
Chapel Hill.
• A new transfer student having between 45.0 and 59.9 transferable
credit hours will be regarded as having completed three semesters
and will have sophomore standing upon enrollment at UNC–
Chapel Hill.
• A new transfer student having between 60.0 and 75.0 transferable
credit hours will be regarded as having completed four semesters and
will have junior standing upon enrollment at UNC–Chapel Hill.
Offers of admission typically are extended before an applicant’s
transfer credit can be fully evaluated. As a result, while transfer
students are advised of their likely classification at the point of
admission, this classification is provisional until confirmed by
notification of transfer credits earned.
Transfer of Credit
The University will award credit hours for courses from other
accredited institutions when the student has made a satisfactory
grade (a C or its equivalent) and when a similar course is offered
by the University. If a passing grade of D is earned, the University
will grant credit for the course but no hours will be awarded. If no
passing grade is earned, no credit or hours will be granted. In most
cases, professional courses and courses taken from nonaccredited
institutions (including foreign institutions) will not transfer. The
Office of Undergraduate Admissions may grant credit from foreign
institutions to entering transfer students when the student provides
an evaluation conducted by a professional evaluation service found
on this website, www.naces.org. For other institutions, the courses
must be approved through the appropriate departments at this
University, and the departments will determine if the course(s) may
be applied toward requirements for the degree.
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions will not award any
credit hours to currently enrolled UNC–Chapel Hill students for
courses taken outside the Unites States, including study abroad
courses offered by colleges and universities accredited within the
United States. Credit will only be awarded for such courses if the
UNC–Chapel Hill Study Abroad Office in the College of Arts and
Sciences has approved them. If a student enrolls in a study abroad
program offered through a UNC professional school and not
the College of Arts and Sciences, the student must seek approval
through that professional school.
The University honors the official Comprehensive Articulation
Agreement with the North Carolina Community College System.
The University will consult two publications when settling ques-tions
that arise concerning the transfer of credit: Transfer Credit Prac-tices,
published by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars
and Admissions Officers, and Accredited Institutions of Post-Secondary
Education, published by the American Council on Education.
A student may challenge any University course credit evaluation
provided by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions through the
appropriate academic department. Additional information about
having courses re-evaluated is available at admissions.unc.edu/Ap-ply/
Transfer_Students/Course_Eval.html. The academic depart-ment
will determine how many, if any, credits can be awarded.
Students seeking transfer to the University may wish to plan
their courses at their current institution in a way that will ensure
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the transfer of those courses. The University encourages such prior
planning, and the Office of Undergraduate Admissions will assist
prospective transfer students with it. The Office of Undergraduate
Admissions encourages prospective transfer applicants to consult
the Transfer Course Equivalency database at https://www.unc.edu/
sis/adm/xfereq.html.
The University will award a maximum of 75 semester hours of
transfer credit if the student’s last attended institution was a four-year
institution. Students may transfer credit hours from a two-year
institution only while they are earning their first 64 hours of college
credit. For example, if a student has transferred fewer than 64 credit
hours from two-year institutions but has earned 64 or more total
credit hours (including hours from UNC–Chapel Hill or other four-year
institutions), the student cannot transfer any additional credit
hours from a two-year institution.
If a student enrolls in a course at a two-year institution concur-rently
with enrollment in courses at a four-year institution (includ-ing
UNC–Chapel Hill), transfer credit hours will not be awarded
for the course taken at the two-year institution if the hours from
the concurrent courses at the four-year institution bring the total
earned hours to 64 or more.
For the calculations described herein, credit hours are tallied ac-cording
to the chronological order in which the courses are taken,
not according to the sequence in which documentation of the credits
are submitted to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.
Application and Notification Deadlines
First-year applicants may apply for admission for their choice of
one of two deadlines, neither of which is binding. For the latest
first-year admission deadlines and notification dates, please visit
www.admission.unc.edu.
The application deadline and notification dates for sophomore
and junior admission to the College of Arts and Sciences and the
School of Journalism and Mass Communication are available at
www.admissions.unc.edu. The admission deadlines and notifica-tion
dates for junior transfer applicants to the professional schools
with programs in dental hygiene, clinical laboratory science, health
policy and management, nursing, radiologic science, and biostatis-tics
vary by department. Please contact the specific department for
additional information.
Appeals of Admissions Decisions
For information on appealing an admissions decision, refer to the
“Admissions Appeal Procedure” in the “Admissions” section of this
bulletin.
Programs with Limited Admissions
Only a small number of transfer students will be admitted to
the professional schools offering majors in journalism and mass
communication, and the allied health and public health programs.
Junior transfer students planning to major in business administration,
education, environmental health science, nutrition, or information
and library science must enroll in the College of Arts and Sciences
and complete at least one semester before applying for admission
to the professional schools offering these degree programs. Students
interested in one of these fields may wish to consider another
major as a second choice; however, even if admitted to an alternate
program, students cannot be guaranteed subsequent admission to
their first choice of major. In addition, notification of acceptance to
these programs is generally later than for other programs.
Health Program Majors
Early applications for these programs are encouraged. After
completion of the fall semester, a transcript of that semester’s work
should be submitted. Applicants should also contact the specific
department for additional application materials and specific
program requirements.
Junior transfer applicants for the pharmacy program must ap-ply
directly to the School of Pharmacy. Junior transfer applicants
also must provide Pharmacy College Admission Test scores as part
of the application. Sophomore students must apply directly to the
Office of Undergraduate Admissions.
Music or Dramatic Art Majors
First-year and transfer students applying as music majors should
contact the director of undergraduate studies in music at 101 Hill
Hall to arrange an audition. Please indicate whether you wish to
study voice or an instrument; if an instrument, please indicate
which one. Students applying to major in the dramatic arts should
contact the director of undergraduate studies in dramatic art at 222
Center for Dramatic Art.
Confirmation of Acceptance
The University requires a nonrefundable enrollment deposit, due by
May 1 for first-year admission or mid-May for transfer admission or
within two weeks of receipt of the admission decision for students
admitted after the deadline, whichever is later.
Degree-seeking students who wish to start their studies during
the summer must notify the Office of Undergraduate Admissions
of their plans and pay their summer fees as well as the fall term
deposits to reserve a space for the fall term.
Admission of International Students
International students are considered for admission on the same
basis as other candidates. They should present results from the SAT
Reasoning or ACT Plus Writing examination, as well as transcripts
from schools previously attended. International students are required
to submit results on the Test of English as a Foreign Language
(TOEFL) (minimum score of 85) or the International English
Language Testing System (IELTS) (minimum band score of 6.5) if
English is not their native language. As a condition of enrollment,
all entering students who have completed coursework from a
foreign college or university that is not accredited within the United
States must have their official transcripts evaluated by an accredited
evaluation service such as the services available at www.naces.org.
United States immigration law requires proof of financial support
for the student’s entire program of study. Before enrollment, admit-undergrad
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ted students must provide documentation that they have sufficient
funds in a bank to cover the first year of tuition and living expenses.
See the section “Finances and Financial Aid” in this bulletin for in-formation
on expenses. The University will issue the necessary visa
documentation to those students who are formally admitted to the
University. International students should not leave their native coun-try
intending to enroll at the University until they have received a
formal letter of acceptance and appropriate visa documents.
Questions concerning international student life on the UNC–
Chapel Hill campus should be referred to the Foreign Student
Advisor, CB# 5240, Room 2004 FedEx Global Education Center,
301 Pittsboro St., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-5240.
Readmission
Any student who withdraws or for any other reason fails to
complete a semester must apply for readmission through the Office
of Undergraduate Admissions. Students applying in this manner
must submit a nonrefundable application fee or fee waiver request,
as indicated in the application. Application for readmission should
be made as early as possible and no later than the stated deadline
found on the application for readmission. The readmission
application is available at www.admissions.unc.edu.
A student leaving the University with an academic deficiency
must restore his or her eligibility in order to be readmitted as a
regular student. Restoration of eligibility can be accomplished only
by enrolling in summer sessions or through distance-education in-struction
from the University (see below).
Students who have enrolled in courses at another college or uni-versity
since their last enrollment at the University of North Caro-lina
at Chapel Hill must submit transcripts of these courses and
must have maintained a C average for all such courses attempted
in order to be eligible for readmission. The grade point average
required for readmission is based on all courses attempted on all
campuses. (By contrast, a student’s UNC–Chapel Hill grade point
average is based on UNC–Chapel Hill courses only.)
Students leaving the University for medical or disciplinary reasons
must be cleared by the appropriate office before being readmitted.
Because the University must adhere to enrollment projections,
readmission cannot be guaranteed even if the student is academi-cally
eligible.
Admission as a Summer School Visitor
Any student who has not been regularly enrolled or has not been
admitted for a fall semester in any school in the University should
send an application for admission as a visiting summer student
to Dean of Summer School, CB# 3340, 134 E. Franklin St. By
contrast, those students who are in residence at the University will
register for a summer session through their academic dean or advisor
and need not make a separate application to the dean of Summer
School. A student who plans to restore academic eligibility through
work done in a summer session must apply for readmission through
the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, CB# 2200, Jackson Hall.
Admissions Confidentiality
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will protect the
privacy of all students seeking admission through the Office of
Undergraduate Admissions by soliciting and receiving all academic
and nonacademic records obtained for the purpose of admission
on the condition that they be held in confidence by the University.
No information obtained through the admissions process will be
shared with individuals, internal or external to the University, other
than the chancellor, the provost, and members of the Advisory
Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and its subcommittees.
Though current federal legislation allows students enrolling at
the University access to their files, students do not have access to
their applications.
Exceptions to this confidentiality policy will be made only at the
direction of the chancellor or the provost.
Further Information
For additional information and services related to the admission of
first-year and transfer students, please contact the Vice Provost for
Enrollment and Undergraduate Admissions, CB# 2200, Jackson
Hall, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel
Hill, NC 27599-2200.
Intra-University Transfer
Transfer from one school or college within the University is possible
with the approval of both academic deans concerned.
Other Credit Programs
Carolina Courses Online
Carolina Courses Online is a distance-education program that
offers UNC–Chapel Hill courses over the Internet. Class sessions
are not required, but courses follow the semester schedule. Access
to the World Wide Web and e-mail are required in order to enroll.
The courses are administered through the Friday Center for
Continuing Education, (919) 962-1134. Undergraduate students
in the College of Arts and Sciences are limited to six courses toward
a degree at UNC–Chapel Hill through Carolina Courses Online.
See the section in the bulletin under “Distance-Learning Courses
via the Friday Center for Continuing Education” for additional in-formation.
Self-Paced Courses
Many undergraduate distance-education opportunities are avail-able
through Self-Paced Courses, including online and print-based
correspondence courses. Students can enroll at any time,
work at their own pace, and take up to nine months to complete a
course. Undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Scienc-es
are not allowed to take Self-Paced Courses except in unusual
circumstances; written consent of the student’s dean is required
in order to enroll.
Students found academically ineligible to continue in resident
study at the University should consider enrolling in Carolina Courses
Online and/or Summer School. If extraordinary circumstances exist,
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a student may contact his or her dean to discuss using Self-Paced
Courses to restore eligibility.
Application for Self-Paced Courses is made to the Friday Center
for Continuing Education, CB# 1020, (919) 962-1134. Applica-tion
forms and a complete catalog of course listings may be ob-tained
from the same office.
Admission to Part-Time Classroom Studies
Part-Time Classroom Studies is the academic unit in the Friday
Center for Continuing Education through which area adults
(customarily students aged 24 and older) enroll in University
courses part time. Both undergraduate and postbaccalaureate
students are admitted without respect to race, color, national
origin, religion, sex, age, or handicap.
Part-Time Classroom Studies students may register for a maxi-mum
course load of eight credit hours per semester. A small selec-tion
of courses is scheduled for the evening hours; the University’s
daytime courses are also open to Part-Time Classroom Studies stu-dents
if space permits.
Undergraduate or high school students desiring to enroll
through Part-Time Classroom Studies should file an admission
application and nonrefundable application fee with the Office of
Undergraduate Admissions, CB# 2200, Jackson Hall, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-2200,
or at www.admissions.unc.edu.
Admission is limited for both prospective degree candidates and for
those seeking to take courses for personal benefit and enjoyment. To
be eligible, students must have been away from a traditional school
setting for at least 12 consecutive months and must have graduated
from a secondary school. Admission is available to UNC–Chapel Hill
faculty and staff employees. Traditional students who have been denied
full-time admission to the University are not immediately eligible for
enrollment through Part-Time Classroom Studies. All students admit-ted
as prospective degree candidates must meet minimum University
requirements for admission. In considering prospective degree can-didates
for admission, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions shall
use the same admissions criteria that it uses to evaluate comparable
full-time, degree-seeking students applying to the University. For in-formation
about those criteria, please see the sections on first-year and
transfer admission above. Students who have a baccalaureate degree
may apply online at fridaycenter.unc.edu.
Admission to Part-Time Classroom Studies does not constitute ad-mission
to a degree program at the University. Undergraduates wish-ing
to pursue a degree must be accepted for transfer into one of the
degree-granting schools or colleges of the University. For a bachelor’s
degree a minimum of 45 academic credit hours must be earned from
UNC–Chapel Hill, and at least 24 of the last 30 academic credits must
be earned from UNC–Chapel Hill courses. Beyond these minimum
course requirements, students attempting to transfer from Part-Time
Classroom Studies into one of the degree-seeking schools or colleges of
the University must present evidence that they are prepared to make
satisfactory progress towards the degree. Postbaccalaureate students
must apply and be accepted to a graduate degree program.
Undergraduate students enrolled through Part-Time Classroom
Studies for personal benefit and enjoyment may apply to convert
to degree-seeking status. Such applications will be reviewed in light
of the criteria for admission to Part-Time Classroom Studies for
degree-seeking status.
Orientation and New Student Registration
Summer orientation offers a wide range of programs intended
to introduce new students and their parents to the University;
to acquaint them with the academic opportunities available to
undergraduates; to aid them in their adjustment to campus living;
to offer other information, discussion, and academic advice; and to
begin the process of becoming an active member of the Carolina
community. New student orientation continues when students arrive
in the fall with a variety of activities during the Week of Welcome.
Transfer Student Orientation
All new undergraduate students admitted as sophomore or junior
transfers are required to attend one of the summer orientation
programs designed specifically for transfer students to learn about
college life at Carolina.
During this one-day transfer orientation program, new transfer
students meet and interact with faculty, staff, and other new transfer
students. Students attend a formal welcome, learn about academic
advising, learn about the services and educational opportunities, and,
if applicable, complete a foreign language placement examination.
To help ensure the availability of preferred courses, transfer stu-dents
should register for fall classes prior to summer orientation.
Transfer students may enroll online to register for courses as soon as
their deposit is paid and the personal identification number (PID
number) is generated.
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Abbreviation Full Name Administrative Home
AAAD African, African American,
and Diaspora Studies
Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies
AERO Aerospace Studies Department of Aerospace Studies
AHSC Allied Health Sciences Department of Allied Health Sciences, UNC School of Medicine
AMST American Studies Department of American Studies
ANTH Anthropology Department of Anthropology
APPL Applied and Materials Sciences See Department of Biomedical Engineering
ARAB Arabic Department of Asian Studies
ARCH Archaeology Curriculum in Archaeology
ARMY Military Science Department of Military Science
ARTH Art History Department of Art
ARTS Studio Art Department of Art
ASIA Asian Studies Department of Asian Studies
ASTR Astronomy Department of Physics and Astronomy
BENG Bengali Department of Asian Studies
BIOC Biochemistry Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
BIOL Biology Department of Biology
BIOS Biostatistics Gillings School of Global Public Health
BMME Biomedical Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering
BUSA Business Kenan–Flagler Business School
BUSG Business Kenan–Flagler Business School
BUSI Business Kenan–Flagler Business School
BUSS Business Study Abroad Kenan–Flagler Business School
CATA Catalan Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
CBIO Cell and Developmental Biology Department of Cell Biology and Physiology,
UNC School of Medicine
CHEM Chemistry Department of Chemistry
CHER Cherokee Department of American Studies
CHIN Chinese Department of Asian Studies
CHWA Chichewa Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies
CLAR Classical Archeology Department of Classics
CLAS Classics Department of Classics
CLSC Clinical Laboratory Science Division of Clinical Laboratory Science, UNC School of Medicine
CMPL Comparative Literature Department of English and Comparative Literature
COMM Communication Studies Department of Communication Studies
COMP Computer Science Department of Computer Science
CZCH Czech Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
DHYG Dental Hygiene School of Dentistry
DPOP Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy Eshelman School of Pharmacy
DRAM Dramatic Art Department of Dramatic Art
DTCH Dutch Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
ECOL Ecology Curriculum in Ecology
ECON Economics Department of Economics
EDUC Education School of Education
ENGL English Department of English and Comparative Literature
ENST Environmental Science and Studies Curriculum for the Environment and Ecology
ENVR Environmental Sciences and Engineering Gillings School of Global Public Health
EPID Epidemiology Gillings School of Global Public Health
EURO European Studies Curriculum in Contemporary European Studies
EXSS Exercise and Sport Science Department of Exercise and Sport Science
FOLK Folklore Department of American Studies
FREN French and Francophone Studies Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
GEOG Geography Department of Geography
Course Abbreviations
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GEOL Geology Department of Geology
GERM German Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
GLBL Global Studies Curriculum in Global Studies
GNET Genetics Department of Genetics, UNC School of Medicine
GREK Greek Department of Classics
GSLL Germanic and Slavic Languages
and Literatures
Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
HBEH Health Behavior Gillings School of Global Public Health
HEBR Hebrew Department of Asian Studies
HIST History Department of History
HNRS Honors Honors Carolina
HNUR Hindi-Urdu Department of Asian Studies
HPM Health Policy and Management Gillings School of Global Public Health
HUNG Hungarian Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
IDST Interdisciplinary Studies Office of Undergraduate Curricula
INLS Information and Library Science School of Information and Library Science
ISP Exchange Program Study Abroad Office
ITAL Italian Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
JAPN Japanese Department of Asian Studies
JOMC Journalism and Mass Communication School of Journalism and Mass Communication
JWST Jewish Studies Department of Religious Studies
KOR Korean Department of Asian Studies
LATN Latin Department of Classics
LAW Law School of Law
LFIT Lifetime Fitness Department of Exercise and Sport Science
LGLA Lingala Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies
LING Linguistics Department of Linguistics
LTAM Latin American Studies Curriculum in Latin American Studies
MACD Macedonian Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
MASC Marine Sciences Department of Marine Sciences
MATH Mathematics Department of Mathematics
MAYA Maya Department of Linguistics
MCRO Microbiology and Immunology Department of Microbiology and Immunology,
UNC School of Medicine
MNGT Management and Society Department of Sociology
MTSC Materials Science Department of Applied Physical Sciences
MUSC Music Department of Music
NAVS Naval Science Department of Naval Science
NBIO Neurobiology Curriculum in Neurobiology, UNC School of Medicine
NURS Nursing School of Nursing
NUTR Nutrition Gillings School of Global Public Health
PATH Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,
UNC School of Medicine
PHCO Pharmacology Department of Pharmacology, UNC School of Medicine
PHCY Pharmacy Eshelman School of Pharmacy
PHIL Philosophy Department of Philosophy
PHYA Physical Activity Department of Exercise and Sport Science
PHYI Cell and Molecular Physiology Department of Cell Biology and Physiology,
UNC School of Medicine
PHYS Physics Department of Physics and Astronomy
PLAN City and Regional Planning Department of City and Regional Planning
PLCY Public Policy Department of Public Policy
PLSH Polish Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
POLI Political Science Department of Political Science
PORT Portuguese Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
PRSN Persian Department of Asian Studies
PSYC Psychology Department of Psychology
PUBH Public Health Gillings School of Global Public Health
PWAD Peace, War, and Defense Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense
course abbreviat ions
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RADI Radiologic Science Division of Radiologic Science, UNC School of Medicine
RECR Recreation Administration Department of Exercise and Sport Science
RELI Religious Studies Department of Religious Studies
ROML Romance Languages and Literatures Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
RUES Russian and East European Studies Curriculum in Russian and East European Area Studies
RUSS Russian Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
SECR Serbian and Croatian Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
SLAV Slavic Languages Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
SOCI Sociology Department of Sociology
SOWO Social Work School of Social Work
SPAN Spanish Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
SPCL Special Studies Office of Undergraduate Curricula
SPHS Speech and Hearing Sciences Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, UNC School of Medicine
STOR Statistics and Operations Research Department of Statistics and Operations Research
SWAH Kiswahili Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies
TAML Tamil Department of Linguistics
TOXC Toxicology Curriculum in Toxicology, UNC School of Medicine
TURK Turkish Department of Asian Studies
VIET Vietnamese Department of Asian Studies
WMST Women’s Studies Department of Women’s and Gender Studies
WOLO Wolof Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies
YAP Study Abroad Program Study Abroad Office
Academic Flow Chart
college of arts and sciences
(general college)
2 years
Information
and library
science
2 years
college of
arts and
sciences
2 years
School of
journalism
and mass
communication
2 years
kenan-flagler
business
school
2 years
School of
education
2 years
Entering first-year students and
transfers of less than junior standing
from other institutions
division of health affa irs
baccalaureate degree
Transfers of junior standing
from other institutions
division of academic affa irs
college of arts and sciences
kenan-flagler business school
school of dentistry
school of education
school of government
school of journalism
and mass communication
school of law
1. Dental Hygiene
2. Clinical Laboratory Science or Radiological Science
3. Admission may be granted if the student meets the
requirements of and is accepted by the individual school
(JD, MD, DDS , MBA, and Master of Accounting).
4. Admission for all other post-baccalaureate programs is
through The Graduate School.
professional schools3
the graduate school4
School of
nursing
2 years
school of
dentistry1
2 years
School of
medicine2
2 years
gillings
school of
global
public health
2 years
eshelman
school of
pharmacy
3 years
Graduates from other
institutions
school of information
and library science
school of medicine
school of nursing
eshelman school of pharmacy
gillings school of
global public health
school of social work
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Office of Undergraduate Curricula
ERIKA LINDEMANN, Associate Dean
NICK SIEDENTOP, Curriculum Director
According to the policy that has been in effect since 1980, the Office
of Undergraduate Curricula has primary responsibility for monitor-ing
all curricular changes in the General College and the College of
Arts and Sciences. This office receives and reviews all requests for
new courses, course revisions, changes to degree programs, and pro-posals
for new minors, majors, and curricula. The office also reviews
all student petitions requesting to satisfy General Education require-ments
by substitution. Students can find the most current informa-tion
regarding General Education requirements at the Office of Un-dergraduate
Curricula Web site at www.unc.edu/depts/uc.
Making Connections:
The General Education Curriculum
The requirements of the Making Connections curriculum apply to
students beginning undergraduate study in or after the fall semester
of 2006. Because students are subject to the requirements in place
when they were admitted to the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, the General Education requirements described in this
section of the Undergraduate Bulletin particularly apply to first-time,
first-year undergraduate students entering the University during the
2013–2014 academic year.
Undergraduates at the University fulfill General Education re-quirements
in addition to the more specialized requirements of
their own major or minor fields. The General Education curriculum
implemented in the fall of 2006 was the product of a curriculum
review that brought about a major revision of the existing General
Education requirements. A review of the Making Connections cur-riculum
in 2010 substantially affirmed its principles and structure.
The structure of the General Education requirements reflects not
only the cyclical updating of curricular expectations—a process that
takes place with each new generation—but also the faculty’s intent
to make the entire General Education experience more integrated
and meaningful for the University’s undergraduates. The University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill strives to cultivate the range of
skills, knowledge, values, and habits that will allow graduates to lead
personally enriching and socially responsible lives as effective citizens
of rapidly changing, richly diverse, and increasingly interconnected
local, national, and worldwide communities.
To this end the curriculum seeks to provide for all students 1) the
fundamental skills that will facilitate future learning, 2) broad experience
with the methods and results of the most widely employed approaches
to knowledge, 3) a sense of how one might integrate these approaches to
knowledge in ways that cross traditional disciplinary and spatial bound-aries,
and 4) a thorough grounding in one particular subject. The un-dergraduate
major is dedicated to the last of these curricular objectives;
the others fall under the purview of the General Education curriculum.
The Making Connections curriculum is divided into four broad
categories that can be described as follows:
Foundations
The faculty believes that General Education rests on certain foun-dational
skills and knowledge, including the ability to communicate
effectively both in English and another language and to apply quan-titative
reasoning skills in context. Consequently, the Foundations
component of the curriculum includes courses in English composition
and rhetoric, at least one foreign language, and quantitative reasoning.
It also includes a lifetime fitness course that encourages the lifelong
health of graduates. In most cases, students should be able to fulfill the
Foundations requirements by taking no more than 15 credit hours.
They must maintain continuous enrollment, beginning in the first se-mester,
in Foundations foreign language courses until the requirement
is satisfied and must complete the composition and rhetoric course in
the first or second semester.
Approaches
Students also become acquainted with six distinctive Approaches to
knowledge, as represented by courses in the physical and life sciences,
the social and behavioral sciences, historical analysis, philosophical
and/or moral reasoning, literary arts, and the visual and performing
arts. Students meet these requirements by taking courses worth a
total of 25 credit hours.
Connections
The Making Connections curriculum builds on previously acquired
knowledge and establishes links between discrete forms of knowl-edge,
both by encouraging interdisciplinary contact and conversa-tion
and by inviting students to develop and apply their academic
expertise in environments beyond the University classroom. In addi-tion
to building directly on the Foundations, through communica-tion
intensive and quantitative intensive courses, the Connections
requirement promotes an understanding of global issues, U.S. diver-sity,
the world before 1750, the North Atlantic world, and people liv-ing
beyond the North Atlantic world. The Connections category also
incorporates a requirement in experiential education, one that can
be satisfied either within the framework of a conventional academic
course or in the form of some other credit-earning learning experi-ence.
Because Connections courses may meet multiple requirements
at once (including Approaches requirements), most students should
be able to fulfill the eight Connections requirements without taking
credit hours in addition to those needed to fulfill Foundations, Ap-proaches,
and major/minor requirements.
Supplemental General Education
Students who pursue the bachelor of arts degree also must sat-isfy
a Supplemental General Education requirement. The intent
of this requirement is to broaden a student’s perspective on the
major by examining its relationship to work in at least one other
field. Students may fulfill the Supplemental General Education
Academic Organization and Undergraduate Requirements
General Education Requirements
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requirement in three ways:
• By completing a second major or a minor; or
• By completing three courses (nine hours) above 199 that are of-fered
outside the home department or curriculum of the first major.
These three courses can neither be used to fulfill the requirements
of the first major nor be cross-listed with courses that a student has
used to satisfy major requirements; or
• By completing a concentration outside a professional school as part
of the degree requirements for graduating from the school.
Course Numbering System
In general, the system of course numbering works as follows:
• 50–99 First-year seminars and other courses reserved for special
purposes
• 100–199 Introductory undergraduate courses
• 200–399 Undergraduate courses considered to be above the intro-ductory
level
• 400–699 Courses open to undergraduate and graduate students
• 700–899 Graduate courses (undergraduates may enroll with per-mission
from the department)
• 900–999 Graduate courses for graduate students only
With the exception of the important groupings above, students gener-ally
should not assume that courses have been arranged in ascending
order of difficulty or specialization (i.e., ENGL 420 is not “more diffi-cult”
than ENGL 340). The logic behind any department’s or curricu-lum’s
numbering scheme is specific to that unit. Students should check
the prerequisites and corequisites for any course prior to enrolling.
Prerequisites represent courses that must be completed before enroll-ing
in a particular course; corequisites are courses that must be taken
in the same semester. Pre- and corequisites are indicated in the course
descriptions under each academic department, curriculum, or school.
Honors courses fulfill the same General Education requirements
as the nonhonors version of that course as listed below. For example,
PHIL 155H satisfies the same General Education requirement as
PHIL 155.
Be advised that the list of courses included under each of the fol-lowing
General Education categories in this section of the Under-graduate
Bulletin is not necessarily exhaustive. Courses may have
been added to or removed from the lists after the present edition of
the Undergraduate Bulletin went to press. For updated, authoritative
course information, students should consult the Course Catalog in
ConnectCarolina.
Foundations
Note on the Importance of Communication Skills
The faculty of the General College and the College of Arts and Sci-ences
expects students to write and speak effectively. Instructors
should help students realize that there is a direct relationship between
thinking clearly, writing clearly, and speaking clearly. Faculty mem-bers
in all disciplines and professions should therefore develop the
writing and speaking skills of their students. Students should expect
to be graded on spelling, grammar, and style, as well as on the con-tent
and organization of their written work; in addition, students
should expect to be graded on presentation, style, poise, and diction,
as well as on the content and organization of their oral presentations.
Students who wish to improve their writing can make appoint-ments
with a tutor in the Writing Center. This free, noncredit service
is available to any member of the University community.
English Composition and Rhetoric (CR)
Beginning in fall 2012, all entering first-year, first-time students at
the University must complete, or transfer in, ENGL 105 or 105I.
ENGL 105 introduces students to several disciplinary contexts for
written work and oral presentations required in college courses,
whereas ENGL 105I introduces students to one specific disciplinary
context—natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, law, business,
or medicine—for such written and oral assignments. Exempting the
course on the basis of nationally normed examinations is not pos-sible.
Students may prepare for this course while in high school by
taking courses in English composition and speech communication
beyond the requirements for admission to the University.
Transfer students who have not completed the CR Foundations re-quirement
are strongly urged to register for ENGL 105 during their
first semester at Carolina. Transfer students have the option of com-pleting
a portfolio of written work that will be evaluated by instructors
in the Department of English and Comparative Literature to receive
credit for ENGL 105; for additional information, see englishcomplit.
unc.edu/writing/portfolio. If placement scores or the portfolio indi-cates
a need for instruction and practice in preparation for ENGL 105,
students will be required to pass ENGL 100 before taking 105.
Students must complete the CR requirement during the first aca-demic
year on campus. Any student whose native language is not
English will be required, as all students are, to complete ENGL 105.
However, such students may be permitted also to fulfill the Founda-tions
foreign language requirement with ENGL 105, provided that
an authorized representative of the appropriate University depart-ment
has confirmed the student’s native language proficiency up to
or through level 4.
The courses listed below satisfy the English composition and
rhetoric requirement during the 2013–2014 academic year. Because
the content and structure of a course may change, the requirements
it fulfills also may change. To determine which courses will satisfy
this requirement in future years, students should consult the Course
Catalog in ConnectCarolina or subsequent issues of the Undergradu-ate
Bulletin:*
ENGL 105
ENGL 105I
Foreign Languages (FL)
The study of a foreign language enables students to see more clearly
the nature and structure of their native language while gaining an
understanding of a foreign culture. Students are required to com-plete
courses or demonstrate proficiency in the study of a foreign lan-guage
through level 3. Certain majors may require additional levels
of foreign language study.
Students should improve their language preparation by continu-ing
their foreign language study through the senior year of high
school. It is preferable that they complete four years of one high
school language rather than, for example, taking two years each of
two different languages.
Placement in a foreign language is determined by the student’s
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score on a College Board SAT Subject Test, the Advanced Placement
Test in a foreign language (taken at the completion of language study
in high school), or the appropriate placement test as determined by
the UNC–Chapel Hill academic department offering foreign lan-guage
instruction. Regardless of placement, continuous enrollment,
beginning in the first semester, is required until the Foundations for-eign
language requirement is completed.
In the following paragraphs, “high school foreign language” refers
to the foreign language in which students received the equivalent of
at least two years of instruction in grades nine through 12.
Students whose placement in their high school foreign language
is below level 4 and who wish to continue in this language are re-quired
to take the number of courses that are needed to reach level
3 of that language. That number varies depending on the level into
which a student places. Credit hours toward the 120-academic-hour
graduation requirement are not awarded for level 1 of a student’s
high school foreign language (with the exceptions of Japanese and
Modern Hebrew), even if students place by examination into level
1. Grades earned in level 1 courses, however, are computed in the
students’ grade point average and are used in all academic eligibility
and academic load considerations.
Students who enroll in a foreign language that they have not for-mally
studied before are required to complete through level 3. In this
case, credit hours toward the 120-academic-credit-hour graduation re-quirement
are awarded for successful completion of level 1.
Students who place into level 4 of their high school foreign lan-guage
have satisfied the Foundations foreign language requirement
and will receive placement (PL) but no credit hours for level 3. Stu-dents
who place beyond level 4 of their high school language have
fulfilled the Foundations foreign language requirement and are
awarded placement (PL) but no credit hours for levels 3 and 4.
Some undergraduate degree programs require the completion of
foreign language courses beyond those needed to fulfill General Edu-cation
requirements. Students should consult the program require-ments
for their chosen course of study, and they are encouraged to
meet with their academic advisors regularly to discuss the specific
requirements of their programs.
For information about foreign language placement for na-tive
and experiential speakers, see “Foreign Language Placement
Credit” in the Division of Academic Affairs section of this bulletin.
The courses listed below may be used to satisfy the foreign lan-guage
(FL) requirement during the 2013–2014 academic year. The
last digit of the course number indicates the course level. For ex-ample,
CHIN 102 is a level 2 course and FREN 203 is a level 3
course; exceptions are noted in parenthesis. Because the content and
structure of a course may change, the requirements it fulfills also may
change. To determine which courses will satisfy this requirement in
future years, students should consult the Course Catalog in Con-nectCarolina
or subsequent issues of the Undergraduate Bulletin:*
ARAB 101, 102, 203, 204
CHER 101, 102, 203, 204
CHIN 101, 102, 111 (levels 1 and 2 combined), 203, 204, 212
(levels 3 and 4 combined)
CHWA 401, 402, 403
CZCH 401, 402, 403, 404
DTCH 402, 403, 404
FREN 101, 102, 105 (levels 1 and 2 combined), 111 (levels 1 and
2 combined), 203, 204, 212 (levels 3 and 4 combined)
GERM 101, 102, 105 (levels 1 and 2 combined), 203, 204, 206
(levels 3 and 4 combined)
GREK 101, 102, 203, 204
HEBR 101, 102, 203, 204
HNUR 101, 102, 203, 204
HUNG 401, 402, 403, 404
ITAL 101, 102, 203, 204
JAPN 101, 102, 203, 204
JWST 101, 102, 203, 204
KOR 101, 102, 203, 204
LATN 101, 102, 111 (levels 1 and 2 combined), 203, 204, 212
(levels 3 and 4 combined)
LGLA 401, 402, 403, 404
MACD 401, 402, 403, 404
PLSH 401, 402, 403, 404
PORT 101, 102, 111 (levels 1 and 2 combined), 203, 204, 212
(levels 3 and 4 combined)
PRSN 101, 102, 203, 204
RELI 401, 402, 403, 404
RUSS 101, 102, 203, 204
SECR 401, 402, 403, 404
SPAN 100, 101, 102, 105 (levels 1 and 2 combined), 111 (levels 1
and 2 combined), 203, 204, 212 (levels 3 and 4 combined)
SWAH 112 (levels 1 and 2 combined), 234 (levels 3 and 4
combined), 401, 402, 403, 404
TAML 101, 102, 203, 204
TURK 101, 102, 203, 204
WOLO 401, 402, 403, 404
Quantitative Reasoning (QR)
Through the study of quantitative reasoning and methods, students
acquire and reinforce the ability to use analytic and quantitative ideas
in both theoretical and applied contexts. In today’s world of fast-paced
scientific and technological advances, the importance of such
skills cannot be overstated.
Students should prepare by taking precalculus and/or calculus
in high school and by continuing their mathematical studies up
through their senior year of high school. Not doing so may put them
at a disadvantage when they arrive at the University.
Students may satisfy the quantitative reasoning requirement
either by taking or receiving advanced placement for one of the
courses listed below. Several of these courses have a prerequisite of
MATH 110 (algebra) or a placement score beyond MATH 110 on
the College Board SAT Subject Test in Mathematics, Level 1 or
Level 2. Unless a particular major requires those specific courses,
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student’s academic appeal.
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therefore the University’s policy not to discriminate in offering access to its
educational programs and activities or with respect to employment terms and
conditions on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion,
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gender identity, or gender expression. Such a policy ensures that only
relevant factors are considered and that equitable and consistent standards
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The Honor System forms a bond of trust among students, faculty, and
administrators. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill operates
under a system of self-governance, as students are responsible for governing
themselves. As such, our University is transformed into a powerful community
of inquiry and learning. The Honor Code embodies the ideals of academic
honesty, integrity, and responsible citizenship, and governs the performance
of all academic work a student conducts at the University. Acceptance of an
offer of admission to Carolina presupposes a commitment to the principles
embodied in our century-old tradition of honor and integrity.
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2013, the completion or graduation rate for undergraduates who entered the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2006 on a full-time basis was
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INTRODUCTION 4
Mission Statement 5
A Look at the University 6
Academic Calendar 9
Officers of Administration 11
Board of Trustees 13
ADMISSIONS 14
Admissions Policy 14
Undergraduate Admissions 17
COURSE ABBREVIATIONS 23
Academic Flow Chart 25
ACADEMIC ORGANIZATION AND
UNDERGRADUATE REQUIREMENTS 26
General Education Requirements 26
DIVISION OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS 44
The College of Arts and Sciences and the General College 44
Academic Advising Program 44
Requirements for Degrees 46
Combining Majors and Minors 47
Minors 47
Special Programs 50
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS AND SCHOOLS 56
Academic Departments 56
Kenan–Flagler Business School 335
School of Education 344
School of Information and Library Science 353
School of Journalism and Mass Communication 358
Summer School 367
School of Dentistry 368
School of Medicine 370
School of Nursing 376
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy 382
Gillings School of Global Public Health 385
William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education 403
ACADEMIC PROCEDURES 404
STUDENT AFFAIRS 419
Carolina Leadership Development 419
North Carolina Fellows Program 419
Students Advancing in Leadership 419
Leadership Foundations 419
Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life
and Community Involvement 419
Office of New Student and Carolina Parent Programs 420
Services for Disabled Students 420
Campus Health Services 420
Counseling and Psychological Services 421
Student Wellness Services 421
University Career Services 421
Campus Y 421
Carolina Union 421
The Office of Dean of Students 422
LGBTQ Center 422
Housing and Residential Education 422
Cocurricular Involvement 422
Honor System 423
Student Government 424
FACILITIES AND SERVICES 426
FINANCES AND FINANCIAL AID 431
Student Finances 431
Living Expenses 431
Residence Hall Rent 431
Scholarships and Financial Aid 432
Application Process 432
Types of Financial Aid 433
UNC Campus Scholarships Programs 433
Academic Scholarships 434
UNC–CHAPEL HILL REGULATIONS
AND POLICIES 436
Alcoholic Beverages 436
Code of the University of North Carolina 436
Commercial Activities 436
Emergency Disciplinary Action 436
Housing and Residential Education 437
Transportation and Parking 437
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA:
SEVENTEEN CONSTITUENT INSTITUTIONS 439
History of the University 439
General Administration 439
Board of Governors 440
APPENDIX 441
Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act 441
Expulsion 441
Fireworks, Firearms, and Other Weapons 441
Immunization Requirement 441
Policy on Illegal Drugs 441
Military Tuition Benefit 442
Tuition Waiver for Family Members of Deceased or
Disabled Emergency Workers 443
Residence Status for Tuition Purposes 443
Student Right-to-Know Act 446
Students’ Educational Records at the Office of the President,
The University of North Carolina: Annual Notification
of Rights 447
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act 447
CAMPUS MAP 449–452
INDEX 453–460
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Visiting Campus
Visitors are always welcome at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
If you are a prospective student and want information about ad-mission
to the University, contact the Undergraduate Admissions
Office at (919) 966-3621 or go to www.admissions.unc.edu.
The UNC–Chapel Hill Visitors’ Center offers tours, maps, and
information about the University and the Carolina community. Its
interactive touchscreen can direct visitors to anywhere they need to
go on campus. Located inside the Morehead Planetarium Building at
250 East Franklin Street, the center is open Monday through Friday,
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Campus visitors can learn about the University’s stories, legends,
and realities on a walking tour that highlights the past, present,
and future of Carolina. This is an informative, 55-minute stroll
through the heart of the historic campus, down the tree-lined brick
pathways of the nation’s oldest state university and one of its pre-mier
institutions in teaching, research, and public service. Special-ized
tours for prospective graduate students and school groups are
also offered, led by enthusiastic students with a wealth of knowl-edge
about UNC–Chapel Hill. Call the Visitors’ Center at (919)
962-1630 for tour times.
Parking information and a campus map are available at the Visi-tors’
Center or on the Web at www.unc.edu/visitors.
Overnight accommodations are usually available (except on
football weekends, Commencement weekend, and other special
occasions) at the Carolina Inn, near the center of the University.
Call the Carolina Inn at (919) 933-2001 for overnight reservations.
People planning to visit campus should seek reservations well in
advance. The Carolina Inn supports the North Carolina Collection
at Wilson Library on campus.
Numerous other hotels are located in the Chapel Hill vicinity.
Contact the UNC–Chapel Hill Visitors’ Center at (919) 962-1630
or visit the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors’ Bureau at www.
visitchapelhill.org.
Using the Undergraduate Bulletin
The Undergraduate Bulletin is a valuable resource that prospective
and enrolled students can use throughout their days at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Bulletin supplies general in-formation
about the University to prospective students and their par-ents.
It includes information about application procedures and about
orientation and matriculation for students who have been accepted.
Academic regulations, University facilities, and college life also
are described. Departmental degree requirements and course offer-ings
are included, but students in some specialized curricula will be
referred to other publications for additional information. Enrolled
students are encouraged to use the Bulletin in addition to talking
with faculty advisors.
This bulletin is concerned primarily with prospective students and
with undergraduates enrolled in the General College, the College of
Arts and Sciences, and the Schools of Business, Dentistry, Education,
Information and Library Science, Journalism and Mass Communi-cation,
Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health, as well as
Summer School.
The following catalogs and admissions brochures are published by
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in print form and/or
on the Web: Kenan–Flagler Business School, School of Dentistry,
School of Education, School of Government, The Graduate School,
School of Information and Library Science, School of Journalism
and Mass Communication, School of Law, School of Medicine,
School of Nursing, Gillings School of Global Public Health, School
of Social Work, and Summer School. Part-Time Classroom Studies
and Self-Paced Courses also publish course catalogs.
Carolina on the Web
To find out more about the University through the Web, visit the
University’s home page at www.unc.edu.
Corresponding with the University
Prospective students are welcome to contact the University’s Office
of Undergraduate Admissions for more information about the Uni-versity
and to schedule a campus tour. Campus visitors can find the
office in Jackson Hall on Country Club Road. The mailing address
is Undergraduate Admissions, CB# 2200, Jackson Hall, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-2200.
After being formally accepted, students may have questions
about housing and accommodations. If so, students can contact
the Department of Housing and Residential Education in the
Student and Academic Services Building (SASB), CB# 5500, 450
Ridge Rd., or call (919) 962-5406 or (800) UNC-5502. The hous-ing
Web site is located at housing.unc.edu.
Students with questions about their proposed program of study
should establish contact with the academic dean in that area. The
General College, telephone (919) 966-5116, is responsible for all
first-year students, except those in dental hygiene, who should
communicate directly with their department. The Office of Schol-arships
and Student Aid, CB# 2300, 300 Vance Hall, telephone
(919) 962-8396, Web studentaid.unc.edu, has general charge of
scholarships, grants, job opportunities, and loans.
Telephone calls to any office or person in the University system
can be completed through the University operator in Chapel Hill
when the caller does not know the direct number. The operator’s
number is (919) 962-2211.
A lost and found office is maintained on the third floor of the
New Student Union, Room 3512, by Alpha Phi Omega service
fraternity.
Campus Tours for Prospective Students
Tours for prospective students begin between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00
p.m. Monday through Friday year round, except during some
holidays and semester breaks. Tours begin at the Office of Under-
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graduate Admissions and are led by Carolina students. To make
reservations, call (919) 966-3621, visit www.admissions.unc.edu,
e-mail unchelp@admissions.unc.edu, or write Undergraduate Ad-missions,
CB# 2200, Jackson Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-2200.
Obtaining an Undergraduate Bulletin
Admitted first-year students will be given the opportunity to ob-tain
a free printed Undergraduate Bulletin during their new student
orientation visit to campus. Thereafter, students can refer to new
printed editions of the Bulletin by purchasing one from Student
Stores in person or via the Web. For information about purchasing
the Bulletin, visit store.unc.edu and click on “School Bulletins.”
Printed reference copies of the Bulletin are available at campus
libraries and with each student’s faculty advisor. The Bulletin is also
available on the Web at www.unc.edu/ugradbulletin.
Reaching the Office of
Undergraduate Admissions
The starting point for most prospective students is the University’s
Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Knowledgeable staff mem-bers
help prospective students understand the requirements and
procedures of applying for admission to UNC–Chapel Hill. Ad-missions
staff can be reached at Undergraduate Admissions, CB#
2200, Jackson Hall, The University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-2200, by telephone at (919) 966-
3621, or at www.admissions.unc.edu.
The Mission Statement of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the nation’s first public university, serves North Carolina, the United States, and
the world through teaching, research, and public service. We embrace an unwavering commitment to excellence as one of the world’s
great research universities.
Our mission is to serve as a center for research, scholarship, and creativity and to teach a diverse community of undergraduate,
graduate, and professional students to become the next generation of leaders. Through the efforts of our exceptional faculty and
staff, and with generous support from North Carolina’s citizens, we invest our knowledge and resources to enhance access to learn-ing
and to foster the success and prosperity of each rising generation. We also extend knowledge-based services and other resources
of the University to the citizens of North Carolina and their institutions to enhance the quality of life for all people in the State.
With lux, libertas—light and liberty—as its founding principles, the University has charted a bold course of leading change to improve
society and to help solve the world’s greatest problems.
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The University of North Carolina was anticipated by a section of the
first state constitution drawn up in 1776 directing the establishing
of “one or more universities” in which “all useful learning shall be
duly encouraged and promoted.” State support, it directed, should
be provided so that instruction might be available “at low prices.”
The American Revolution intervened, and it was not until 1789, the
year that George Washington became president of the new nation,
that the University was chartered by the General Assembly.
Despite constitutional instructions to the contrary, no state ap-propriations
were made, and the trustees were left to secure land
and money themselves. On October 12, 1793, the cornerstone was
laid for a brick building on a hilltop near the center of the state
amidst the colorful fall foliage of dogwood, oak, and tulip trees.
The site, lying at the crossing of north–south and east–west
roads, was marked only by a small Anglican chapel that soon shared
part of its name—New Hope Chapel Hill—with the community
that developed there. Legislator and trustee William R. Davie, who
had been instrumental in securing passage of the charter, took the
lead in organizing the University. Davie presided over the Masonic
ritual of the laying of the cornerstone. In time he came to be called
“the Father of the University.” Many years later a large poplar or
tulip tree, first mentioned in 1818 and still standing near the center
of the old campus, was called Davie Poplar in his honor.
The first building and, indeed, the only building for two years,
was a two-story brick structure that came to be called Old East. It
is now a National Historic Landmark, the oldest state university
building in America. Opened to students on January 15, 1795,
the University of North Carolina received its first student, Hinton
James of New Hanover County, on February 12. By March there
were two professors and 41 students present.
The second state university did not begin classes until 1801,
when a few students from nearby academies assembled under a
large tree at Athens, Georgia, for instruction. By then four classes
had already been graduated at Chapel Hill, and there were to be
three more before the first diplomas were issued in Georgia. The
next building on the Carolina campus was Person Hall, begun in
1796 and long used as the chapel. The cornerstone of Main or
South Building was laid in 1798. All three are older than any other
American state university building.
The Young University
During the early 19th century the trustees began a period of strong
support in the development of the young University. Even though
their proclaimed initial goal for the University had been to provide
trained leadership for the state, the curriculum followed the cus-tomary
classical trend. In 1815, however, the natural sciences were
given equal place, and in the 1820s Professors Denison Olmstead
and Elisha Mitchell prepared the nation’s first geological survey. In
1831 the first astronomical observatory at a state university was
built under the direction of President Joseph Caldwell. Student en-rollment
increased steadily, and by 1860 only Harvard, Yale, and
the University of Virginia had more students.
Young men from many states came to Chapel Hill for their educa-tion,
particularly those from families who had recently left North
Carolina to settle elsewhere in the South. The University of North
Carolina provided governors not only for North Carolina but also
for many other states; countless professions and occupations were
represented among its graduates, including cabinet members, clergy-men,
diplomats, engineers, geologists, judges, legislators, surveyors,
teachers, and a president and a vice president of the United States.
Though the Civil War closed many colleges and universities,
the University at Chapel Hill remained open throughout the war,
though its students were few. During Reconstruction, however,
it was closed from 1870 until 1875. When it reopened, the Uni-versity’s
leadership began to inaugurate programs that once again
marked it as a leading university.
The General Assembly in 1931 consolidated the University with
the Woman’s College at Greensboro and North Carolina State Col-lege
at Raleigh under a single board of trustees. As an economy mea-sure
during the Depression and as a means of eliminating duplica-tion,
the trustees allocated each unit specific roles in higher educa-tion
for the state. The offices of the Consolidated University were es-tablished
on the Chapel Hill campus and University President Frank
Porter Graham became the Consolidated University’s first president.
The period of the Depression in the 1930s saw a great deal of
new construction on the campus as federal funds became available
to create jobs for the unemployed. New dormitories, classroom
buildings, a gymnasium, and other buildings and improvements
were built in part from this source. World War II also resulted in
some new construction and alterations on campus as the Univer-sity’s
facilities were used to train military personnel.
Expansion continued throughout the 20th century, and today
UNC–Chapel Hill ranks among the great institutions of higher
education in the nation. Beginning with one building, 41 students,
and two professors, the University has now grown to more than
300 buildings, more than 29,000 students each year, and nearly
3,600 faculty members.
Facilities for a 21st-Century Education
The campus underwent an unprecedented physical transforma-tion
made possible in part by North Carolinians’ overwhelming
approval in November 2000 of a $3.1 billion bond referendum for
higher education. Through 49 projects, the bonds provided more
than $515 million for renovations and new buildings at Carolina.
Also guided by a visionary campus master plan for growth, the
University leveraged state appropriations from the General Assem-bly
with investments from nonstate sources, including private gifts
raised during the Carolina First Campaign. The resulting capital
construction program exceeded $2.3 billion. More than 100 proj-ects
were completed.
Designed mainly around the principle of enhancing the Univer-sity’s
mission of teaching, research, and public service, the campus
master plan shows where and how to place new buildings over the
next several decades. While providing a blueprint for expansion
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in a modern era, its design also ensures that the most cherished
physical features of the historic campus—including the sense of
place—will remain in harmonious balance with the new growth.
Commitment to Diversity
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill strives for excel-lence
both in academic engagement and cocurricular support. Sus-taining
a diverse and inclusive community is critical to achieving
educational excellence.
Framework for Understanding Diversity at
UNC–Chapel Hill
The University in the 21st century functions in a global context.
The historical, political, economic, and educational backgrounds
of the University, the state, and the nation shape our present cir-cumstances
and inform the measures we must take to accomplish
our highest aspirations. We acknowledge that we face an ongoing
challenge to overcome the effects and influences of adverse histori-cal,
social, political, and economic factors. The University engages
in teaching, research, and service to expand and discover knowl-edge,
promote educational enlightenment, and improve under-standing
with the ultimate end of uplifting humankind. Education
takes place most productively among persons with differing social
backgrounds, economic circumstances, personal characteristics,
philosophical outlooks, life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, and
expectations. The University works to assure that we have a com-plement
of students, faculty, and staff that broadly reflects the ways
in which people differ. We believe that “diversity matters” within
and beyond the campus community.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill makes a com-mitment
to certain core values with respect to diversity:
• Supporting intellectual freedom, personal integrity and justice,
and improving conditions of human life
• Creating and sustaining an environment for students, faculty, and
staff that represents the diversity of our state and our nation
• Promoting intellectual growth and educational benefits of diver-sity
through interactions and dialogue among members of the
community
UNC–Chapel Hill’s commitment to diversity excellence began in
the 1960s through the support of minority programming and con-tinues
today through the establishment of the Office for Diversity
and Multicultural Affairs (DMA).
The vision of DMA is to build and sustain an inclusive campus
community and to foster a welcoming climate that values and re-spects
all members of the University community.
DMA is an administrative unit in the Office of the Executive
Vice Chancellor and Provost. It is led by the vice provost for di-versity
and multicultural affairs, who serves as the chief diversity
officer and advises the University community on diversity poli-cies
and issues. The office collaborates with University officers and
campus units to identify and implement strategies and initiatives
for achieving the goals of increased diversity, with an ultimate goal
of building an inclusive environment that values and respects the
contributions of students, faculty, and staff.
DMA provides diversity education, training, and development
for faculty, staff, students, and community members; develops,
implements, and supports recruitment and leadership programs
that facilitate access and retention and promote inclusive excellence
across institutional segments (e.g., student enrollment, faculty hir-ing,
staff development); conducts diversity research, assessment,
and reporting to generate and inform the campus and beyond
on diversity-related issues; and provides consultation and project
management to promote and enhance diversity and community
engagement. In order to accomplish these tasks, DMA relies on
its four major reporting areas: Carolina Latina/o Collaborative; Di-versity
Education and Initiatives; Inclusive Student Excellence and
Multicultural Programs; and Research, Assessment, and Analytics.
Partnerships and collaborations with vice chancellors, deans,
and other unit heads are leveraged to accomplish the University’s
goals for establishing diversity within the faculty, staff, and student
cohorts and for fulfilling the public university mission of service,
outreach, and engagement. Additional information can be found at
www.unc.edu/diversity.
Top Rankings
The University has been recognized for the quality of its under-graduate
and graduate programs in every national survey conduct-ed
in the last third of the 20th century and into the 21st. U.S.
News and World Report’s survey of American colleges and universi-ties
consistently ranks the University among the best colleges in the
nation and among the top research universities.
These accolades reflect the quality of the curriculum and of the
faculty, whose research orientation allows them to share with their
students not only the thrill of discovery but also the latest advance-ments
and new knowledge. Another asset that contributes to this
reputation is UNC–Chapel Hill’s superb library system containing
more than seven million volumes. It is ranked among the top re-search
libraries in the United States and Canada by the Association
of Research Libraries.
Research
Carolina ranks among the top public universities in the United States
in research support. Faculty attracted more than $767 million in to-tal
research grants and contracts in fiscal 2012 for research that is
helping to cure diseases and produce new knowledge to help people.
Excluding federal stimulus support, research funding totaled $759
million, compared with $732 million last year. On a year-to-year
average, UNC–Chapel Hill’s research awards comprise a little over
half of the total research awards for all UNC system campuses.
The steady growth of research funding over the past 15 years is
a great tribute to the success of the faculty and a multidisciplinary
approach to advancing knowledge and science. UNC–Chapel Hill
faculty are part of an internationally recognized research enterprise
that draws from five health sciences schools (dentistry, medicine,
nursing, pharmacy, and public health), UNC Health Care and its
teaching hospitals, as well as basic and social science units in the
College of Arts and Sciences.
At UNC–Chapel Hill, research is not limited to just faculty and
graduate students. Through the Office of Undergraduate Research
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in the College of Arts and Sciences, first-year students through se-niors
have opportunities to work one-on-one with faculty mentors
to design and carry out research projects to help them find new
answers to complex questions. Undergraduate research can be con-ducted
through coursework, internships, creative performances,
and mentored independent study at home and abroad.
Public Service
As the first public university in the nation, the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill has a long and proud history of engage-ment.
The University’s public service and engagement activities
extend to every region of North Carolina, helping communities
promote public health, improve their schools, deliver better medi-cal
services, stimulate economic development, understand their
heritage, and enrich the quality of life. Dozens of UNC–Chapel
Hill faculty members share their expertise on state commissions,
licensing and regulatory boards, task forces, and committees to
benefit North Carolinians. Many of the University’s student orga-nizations
help nonprofit agencies throughout the year.
Since its establishment in 1859 the Campus Y has been one of
the most vibrant student organizations at the University. The Y is
a leader in on-campus dialogue and off-campus service related to
social justice and activism. To learn more, go to campus-y.unc.edu.
The Carolina Center for Public Service offers a variety of pro-gramming
to support public service and engagement at Carolina,
providing students a framework to explore service opportunities,
learn new skills, and link their academic experience to making a
difference in the community. The Buckley Public Service Scholar
(BPSS) program is open to all undergraduates and encourages par-ticipants
to complete a required number of service hours, a service-learning
class, four skills training sessions, and reflective exercises in
order to receive official University recognition on their transcripts.
Since the program’s launch in 2003, more than 4,177 students have
logged more than 1,078,486 hours of service. Other opportunities
available through BPSS include Outward Bound Scholarships and
enrollment in courses, such as Philanthropy as a Tool for Social
Change and SMART Mentoring. The APPLES Service-Learning
program provides opportunities for undergraduate students to
serve with community-based organizations through service-learn-ing
courses and internships, alternative breaks, fellowships, and
the Service-Learning Initiative. The center also offers funding and
public service awards that provide opportunities for undergraduate
and graduate students to further their involvement and community
engagement through innovative service projects.
For more information about the Carolina Center for Public Ser-vice,
visit ccps.unc.edu. Students who want to stay informed about
program deadlines and information can sign up for the center’s
weekly Public Service News at ccps.unc.edu/news-events/public-service-
news-listserv.
Into the Future
The University is the most comprehensive institution in North
Carolina, both in the range of its programs at all levels and in the
breadth of its specialized research and public service programs. Its
14 schools and the College of Arts and Sciences provide instruc-tion
in more than 100 fields, offering 77 bachelor’s, 109 master’s,
66 doctoral, and six professional degrees, as well as 54 certificates,
in academic areas critical to North Carolina’s future: business, den-tistry,
education, information and library science, journalism and
mass communication, government, law, medicine, nursing, phar-macy,
public health, and social work, among others.
For 218 years since its doors first opened to students, the Univer-sity
has remained faithful to its founders’ charge to duly encourage
and promote all useful learning for the betterment of humanity.
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University Registrar calendars can be obtained on the University Registrar’s Web site:
registrar.unc.edu. For more information on Maymester, visit summer.unc.edu.
Summer Session I (SSI) and Maymester (MM) 2013
Classes begin SSI and MM Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Last day for late registration MM Tuesday, May 14
Last day for late registration SSI Wednesday, May 15
Holiday Monday, May 27
Classes end/exams MM Thursday, May 30 /
Friday, May 31
Classes end SSI Friday, June 14
Exam days SSI Monday, June 17
Tuesday, June 18
Summer Session II 2013
Classes begin Thursday, June 20
Last day for late registration Friday, June 21
Holiday Thursday, July 4
Classes end Tuesday, July 23
Exam days Thursday, July 25
Friday, July 26
Fall Semester 2013
Residence halls open Saturday, August 17, 2013
New student convocation Sunday, August 18
Summer reading program Monday, August 19
Classes begin for all students Tuesday, August 20
Last day for late registration Monday, August 26
HOLIDAY (Labor Day) Monday, September 2
University Day Saturday, October 12
Fall break begins 5 p.m. Wednesday, October 16
Classes resume 8 a.m. Monday, October 21
Thanksgiving recess (no classes held) Wednesday, November 27
University Holiday Thursday, November 28
Friday, November 29
Classes resume 8 a.m. Monday, December 2
Classes end Wednesday, December 4
Reading days Thursday, December 5
Wednesday, December 11
Exam days Friday, December 6
Saturday, December 7
Monday, December 9
Tuesday, December 10
Thursday, December 12
Friday, December 13
Fall Commencement Sunday, December 15
The Fall semester includes 43 class periods of 50 minutes each on MWF and
29 class periods of 75 minutes each on TTH for a total of 72 days.
Days of Instruction
15 – Mondays 16 – Tuesdays
15 – Wednesdays 13 – Thursdays
13 – Fridays
43 29
(2,150 minutes + 180 exam = 2,330) (2,175 minutes + 180 exam = 2,355)
Spring Semester 2014
Residence halls open Sunday, January 5, 2014
Classes begin Wednesday, January 8
Last day of late registration Tuesday, January 14
Holiday Monday, January 20
Spring break begins 5 p.m. Friday, March 7
Classes resume 8 a.m. Monday, March 17
Holiday Friday, April 18
Classes end Friday, April 25
Reading days Wednesday, April 30
Saturday, May 3
Exam days Monday, April 28
Tuesday, April 29
Thursday, May 1
Friday, May 2
Monday, May 5
Tuesday, May 6
Spring Commencement Sunday, May 11
The Spring semester includes 43 class periods of 50 minutes each on MWF
and 29 class periods of 75 minutes each on TTH for a total of 72 days.
Days of Instruction
14 – Mondays 14 – Tuesdays
15 – Wednesdays 15 – Thursdays
14 – Fridays
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(2,150 minutes + 180 exam = 2,330) (2,175 minutes + 180 exam = 2,355)
Academic Calendar 2013-2014
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Summer Session I (SSI) and Maymester (MM) 2014
Classes begin SSI and MM Tuesday, May 13
Last day for late registration MM Tuesday, May 13
Last day for late registration SSI Wednesday, May 14
Holiday Monday, May 26
Classes end / exams MM Thursday, May 29 / Friday,
May 30
Classes end SSI Friday, June 13
Reading day SSI Saturday, June 14
Exam days SSI Monday, June 16
Tuesday, June 17
Summer Session II 2014
Classes begin Thursday, June 19
Last day for late registration Friday, June 20
Holiday Friday, July 4
Classes end Tuesday, July 22
Reading day Wednesday, July 23
Exam days Thursday, July 24
Friday, July 25
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Office of the Chancellor
Holden Thorp, Ph.D., Chancellor (until June 30, 2013)
Carol L. Folt, Ph.D., Chancellor-Elect (beginning July 1, 2013)
Erin Schuettpelz, B.A., Chief of Staff and Secretary of the University
Office of the Provost
Bruce W. Carney, Ph.D., Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
Ronald B. Strauss, Ph.D., Executive Vice Provost and Chief
International Officer
Carol Tresolini, Ph.D., Vice Provost, Academic Initiatives
Taffye Benson Clayton, Ed.D., Vice Provost, Diversity and
Multicultural Affairs
Dwayne Pinkney, Ph.D., Vice Provost, Finance and Academic
Planning
Shirley A. Ort, J.D., Associate Provost and Director, Scholarships
and Student Aid
Sarah Michalak, M.L.S., Associate Provost and University Librarian
Stephen M. Farmer, M.A., Vice Provost, Enrollment and
Undergraduate Admissions
Christopher Derickson, M.A., Assistant Provost and University
Registrar
College of Arts and Sciences
Karen Gil, Ph.D., Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Tammy McHale, M.B.A., Senior Associate Dean, Finance and
Planning
Terry Ellen Rhodes, D.M.A., Senior Associate Dean, Fine Arts and
Humanities
Shannon Kennedy, B.A., Senior Associate Dean, Development;
Executive Director, Arts and Sciences Foundation
Kevin Guskiewicz, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean, Natural Sciences
and Mathematics
Jonathan Hartlyn, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean, Social Sciences
and Global Programs
Office of Undergraduate Education
Bobbi Owen, M.F.A., Senior Associate Dean, Undergraduate
Education
Lee Yeager May, Ph.D., Associate Dean and Director, Academic
Advising
Harold Woodard, M.A., Associate Dean and Director, Center for
Student Success and Academic Counseling
Drew S. Coleman, Ph.D., Assistant Dean, First Year Seminars
James L. Leloudis, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Carolina Honors;
Director, James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence
Erika Lindemann, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Undergraduate Curricula
Krista M. Perreira, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Undergraduate Research
School Deans
James W. Dean Jr., Ph.D., Dean, Kenan–Flagler Business School
Jane A. Weintraub, D.D.S., M.P.H., Dean, School of Dentistry
G. Williamson McDiarmid, Ph.D., Dean, School of Education
Michael R. Smith, J.D., Dean, School of Government
Steven W. Matson, Ph.D., Dean, The Graduate School
Gary Marchionini, Ph.D., Dean, School of Information and Library
Science
Susan Robinson King, M.A., Dean, School of Journalism and Mass
Communication
John Charles “Jack” Boger, J.D., Dean, School of Law
William L. Roper, M.D., Dean, School of Medicine; Vice
Chancellor, Medical Affairs; CEO, UNC Health Care System
Kristen M. Swanson, Ph.D., Dean, School of Nursing
Robert Blouin, Pharm.D., Dean, Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Barbara K. Rimer, Dr.P.H., Dean, Gillings School of Global Public
Health
Jack M. Richman, Ph.D., Dean, School of Social Work
Jan J. Yopp, M.A., Dean, Summer School
Robert Gray Bruce Jr., Ph.D., Director, The William and Ida
Friday Center for Continuing Education
Finance and Administration
Karol Kain Gray, B.S.B.A., Vice Chancellor, Finance and
Administration
Meredith Weiss, Ph.D., Associate Vice Chancellor, Business Services
and Administration
Carolyn W. Elfland, M.B.A., Associate Vice Chancellor, Campus
Services
Bruce L. Runberg, M.S. Civil Eng., M.S. Mgmt., Associate Vice
Chancellor, Facilities Planning and Construction
Kevin Seitz, M.B.A., Associate Vice Chancellor, Finance
Gordon Merklein, M.C.R.P., Executive Director, Real Estate
Development
Human Resources
Brenda R. Malone, J.D., Vice Chancellor, Human Resources
Matthew S. Brody, M.S., Associate Vice Chancellor, Human
Resources
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Administrative Officers
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Information Technology Services
Chris Kielt, Interim Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer
Ramon Padilla Jr., M.B.A., Associate Vice Chancellor and Deputy
Chief Information Officer
Medical Affairs
William Roper, M.D., Vice Chancellor, Medical Affairs; CEO,
UNC Health Care System; Dean, School of Medicine
Research and Economic Development
Barbara Entwisle, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor, Research
Robert P. Lowman, Ph.D., Associate Vice Chancellor, Research
Robin L. Cyr, Associate Vice Chancellor, Research; Director, Office of
Sponsored Research
Andrew S. Johns, Associate Vice Chancellor, Research; Director,
Office of Research Information Systems
Student Affairs
Winston B. Crisp, J.D., Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs
Christopher Payne, Ph.D., Associate Vice Chancellor, Student
Affairs; Chief of Staff
Bettina Shuford, Ph.D., Associate Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs
University Advancement
Julia Sprunt Grumbles, B.A., Interim Vice Chancellor, University
Advancement
Elizabeth Dunn, Ph.D., Senior Associate Vice Chancellor,
Development
Michael B. McFarland, M.A., Interim Associate Vice Chancellor,
University Relations
University Counsel
Leslie Chambers Strohm, J.D., Vice Chancellor and General
Counsel
Patricia C. Crawford, J.D., Associate Vice Chancellor and Deputy
General Counsel
David M. Parker, J.D., Associate Vice Chancellor and Deputy
General Counsel
Athletics
Lawrence R. “Bubba” Cunningham, M.B.A., Director, Athletics
admin istrative oficers
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Board of Trustees
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Admissions
The University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill: Admissions Policy
I. All qualified persons are welcome to seek admission to the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and all persons
may apply for and accept admission confident that the policy
and regular practice of the institution are not to discriminate
in offering access to its educational programs and activities
on the basis of age, gender, race, color, national origin, re-ligion,
creed, disability, veteran’s status, sexual orientation,
gender identity, or gender expression. (See www.unc.edu/
campus/policies/nondiscrim.pdf.)
II. Projections of the number of students to be admitted and en-rolled
in any year shall be determined a) by the capacity of the
institution to meet the instructional and other needs of students
in the colleges, schools, departments, curricula, or other pro-grams
to which applicants seek admission and b) by enrollment
levels approved for budgetary or other appropriate purposes.
III. When at any time the number of qualified applicants for
admission exceeds the number of persons who can be ad-mitted
and enrolled (as determined by the criteria specified
in II above), those to be offered admission shall be selected
on the basis of a) recognition of the institution’s special re-sponsibility
to residents of North Carolina and b) the insti-tution’s
judgment of the applicant’s relative qualifications
for satisfactory performance in the specific college, school,
department, curriculum, or other program to which the ap-plicant
seeks admission.
Provided that the criteria set forth hereinafter are met, this policy
of competitive admissions shall not prevent the admission of se-lected
applicants a) who give evidence of possessing special talents
for University programs requiring such special talents, b) whose
admission is designed to help achieve variety within the total num-ber
of students admitted and enrolled, or c) who seek educational
programs not readily available at other institutions.
In seeking variety within the total number of students admitted
and enrolled, the University shall affirm its commitment to achieve
excellence, to provide for the leadership of the educational, govern-mental,
scientific, business, humanistic, artistic, and professional
institutions of the state and nation, and to enrich the lives of all the
people of North Carolina.
In the application of this policy of competitive admissions to
nonresident students, preference for admission may be given
to nonresident applicants who are children of alumni of the
institution.
IV. Admission of persons to the specific colleges, schools, curri-cula,
or other programs of the institution shall be governed
by the provisions set forth below.
Undergraduate Admissions
Admission of undergraduate students to colleges or schools to pur-sue
programs leading to a baccalaureate degree shall be the responsi-bility
of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. The Admissions
Office shall apply policies and procedures that, not inconsistent
with policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, are approved by the
Advisory Committee on Undergraduate Admissions.
In the application of the provisions set forth in III above, prefer-ence
for admission shall be given to qualified residents of North
Carolina; however, in recognition of the educational and other
values accruing to North Carolina students, to the institution,
and to the state from participation of nonresident students in the
programs of the institution, nonresidents may be admitted in the
entering first-year class in numbers likely to result in no more than
18 percent nonresident enrollment in the entering first-year class.
Admission of undergraduates shall be to the first-year class, to
other classes by transfer after satisfactory completion of one or more
years of acceptable college-level work in some other institution(s)
of higher education, or to Part-Time Classroom Studies. Among
applicants seeking admission by transfer, normal administrative
practice shall favor applicants for transfer to the junior class.
Admission and enrollment of persons who are candidates for
financial aid for which athletic ability is a consideration shall be
conditional upon compliance with applicable regulations of the
Atlantic Coast Conference and the National Collegiate Athletic
Association.
Admission to the First-Year Class
Admission to and enrollment in the first-year class shall be condi-tional
upon graduation from secondary school with such units of
secondary school academic course credit as may be specified by the
Office of Undergraduate Admissions; however, if all other criteria
are met, the Admissions Office may make exceptions to the second-ary
school graduation and course credit requirements in accordance
with procedures approved by the Advisory Committee on Under-graduate
Admissions.
Criteria employed for determination of each applicant’s quali-fications
for admission shall include a) satisfactory evidence of
scholastic promise based upon the applicant’s previous academic
record, recommendations from schools previously attended,
scores on selected tests of scholastic aptitude or achievement,
the applicant’s written application for admission, and the ap-plicant’s
predicted grade average for the first year as determined
by procedures approved by the Advisory Committee on Un-dergraduate
Admissions and b) satisfactory evidence of the ap-plicant’s
capacity to cope with the demands of University life.
Admission by Transfer
Admission and enrollment by transfer from another institution
shall be conditional upon a satisfactory academic record on work
undertaken in all other institutions attended, satisfactory recom-mendations
from institutions previously attended, and eligibility to
return to all previously attended institutions of higher education.
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Part-Time Classroom Studies Admissions
Eligibility for admission to Part-Time Classroom Studies shall nor-mally
be limited to adult individuals living within commuting dis-tance
of Chapel Hill.
Admission to Part-Time Classroom Studies of an applicant who
does not hold a baccalaureate degree shall be the responsibility of the
Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Such admissions shall be either
• For full credit, applicable toward fulfillment of degree require-ments,
in which case the minimum requirements shall be the same
as those for admission to degree programs and in which case the
Office of Undergraduate Admissions shall review each applicant
using the same admissions criteria as for comparable full-time,
degree-seeking students applying to the University; or
• For personal benefit and enjoyment, in which case the applicant
may be exempted from the qualitative requirements for admission
to degree programs. Notwithstanding this exemption from quali-tative
requirements, the applicant must have graduated from an
approved or accredited secondary school and must demonstrate
the capacity to cope with the demands of University life.
Admission to Part-Time Classroom Studies of an applicant who
is currently enrolled in high school shall be the responsibility of
the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Such admissions shall be
considered only when an applicant a) seeks to enroll in a Univer-sity
course for which there is no comparable course at the student’s
secondary school and b) demonstrates adequate preparation for the
course in which the student seeks to enroll.
Admission to Part-Time Classroom Studies of an applicant who
holds a baccalaureate degree shall be the responsibility of the William
and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education. Such admissions
shall be for personal benefit and enjoyment, for the satisfaction of
prerequisite requirements for professional or graduate programs, or
for transfer of credit to a postbaccalaureate degree program, in which
case the applicant may be exempted from the qualitative require-ments
for admission to degree programs.
Graduate School Admissions
With recognition of the institution’s special responsibility to resi-dents
of North Carolina but without restrictions based on resi-dence
status, admission to The Graduate School shall be a selective
process with the objective of enrolling from the pool of applicants
for each discipline those students who, in the judgment of the in-stitution,
are best qualified to pursue graduate degrees in their cho-sen
academic fields. Admission of graduate students shall be the
responsibility of the dean of The Graduate School with the advice
and assistance of the Administrative Board of The Graduate School
and of the graduate faculties of the departments, schools, and cur-ricula
authorized to offer graduate degree programs.
For admission to The Graduate School, the applicant must
• Hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or uni-versity
in the United States or its equivalent from an institution
abroad
• Present a strong overall record of academic achievement
• Be in good standing in the last-attended institution where gradu-ate
work has been or is being taken, and
• Be admitted as a degree student unless there are exceptional cir-cumstances
justifying admission for nondegree study with the ap-proval
of the dean of The Graduate School.
The graduate student enrollment level for each school, department,
or curriculum shall be determined for each academic year by the
dean of The Graduate School following consultation with each of
the schools, departments, and curricula concerned.
Professional School Admissions
Admission of students to the professional degree programs in schools
other than The Graduate School and to nondegree programs in the
schools of the Division of Health Affairs shall be, in each of these
schools, the responsibility of its established committee on admis-sions,
which shall apply policies, procedures, and requirements, not
inconsistent with the provisions of this policy, adopted by the faculty
of the school and approved by the chancellor or his delegate.
Summer Admissions
Admission of applicants to any summer session shall be the
responsibility
• Of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions with respect to those
who wish to begin in the summer an undergraduate program of
study that will continue into the following academic year or that
is intended to lead to a baccalaureate degree from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as well as those undergraduates
already enrolled in this institution who wish to return for under-graduate
work in the summer
• Of The Graduate School with respect to those who wish to begin
a degree program of graduate study in the summer, as well as
those graduate students already enrolled in this institution who
wish to return for graduate study in the summer
• Of Part-Time Classroom Studies in the Friday Center for Continu-ing
Education with respect to those who wish to begin in the sum-mer
on a part-time basis as a postbaccalaureate nondegree student, as
well as those already enrolled in the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill who wish to return for part-time study in the summer.
Admission to Summer School by the Office of Undergraduate Ad-missions,
The Graduate School, and Part-Time Classroom Studies
shall be in conformity with the provisions set forth in this policy for
other undergraduate and graduate admissions.
Admission to Summer School by the dean of Summer School
shall be in conformity with policies, procedures, and requirements
adopted by the Administrative Board of Summer School. Each
such admission shall terminate as of the last day of that summer
term and shall include no commitment, stated or implied, for ad-mission
of the student to any subsequent semester or session of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
V. Appeals concerning individual admission, or admission re-scission,
decisions shall be governed by the admissions appeal
procedure contained in Appendix A.
* This policy adopted by resolution of the Board of Trustees on
September 3, 1976.
* Amended by Board of Trustees, August 24, 1984.
* Amended by Board of Governors, March 14, 1986.
* Amended by Board of Trustees, May 27, 1994.
* Amended by Board of Trustees, effective January 1, 2006.
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Appendix A: Admissions Appeal Procedure
This document sets forth the procedures to be followed with respect
to the appeal of a negative admissions decision, including a decision
to rescind an admission that has already been granted.
I. Appeal to Admissions Officer
Appeals concerning individual admission, or admission rescission,
decisions may be had only if it is contended that a) a provision set
forth in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill admissions
policy (“admissions policy”) has been violated or b) the decision
not to admit the individual or to rescind admission resulted from a
material procedural error in the admissions process. Such an appeal
shall be lodged by the applicant-appellant with the administrative
officer (the director of undergraduate admissions, the dean of The
Graduate School, the dean of the professional school concerned, or
the dean of Summer School) whose office had responsibility for the
admission in question (hereafter the “admissions officer”) within
30 days after the appellant has received the letter communicating
the University’s decision. The appeal shall be in writing and shall
set forth the grounds for the appeal.
Upon receipt of the appeal, the admissions officer shall review
the applicant-appellant’s file and appeal letter and shall communi-cate
his or her decision to the appellant in writing.
II. Appeal to Provost
The decision of the admissions officer may be appealed to the
provost only if it is contended that a) a provision set forth in the
admissions policy has been violated or b) the decision not to ad-mit
the individual or to rescind admission resulted from a mate-rial
procedural error in the admissions, or appeal, process. Such an
appeal shall be lodged with the provost by filing a letter of appeal
specifying the grounds for the appeal within 15 days after the ap-pellant
has received the letter communicating the decision of the
admissions officer.
The appeal shall be heard by the provost or the provost’s desig-nee,
and the appellant, at his or her option, may appear in person
or conduct the appeal by telephone. Following the hearing, the
provost or designee will communicate the decision to the appellant
in writing.
III. Appeal to the Board of Trustees
The decision of the provost or his or her designee may be appealed
to the Board of Trustees only if it is contended that a) a provi-sion
set forth in the admissions policy has been violated or b) the
decision not to admit the individual or to rescind admission re-sulted
from a material procedural error in the admissions, or ap-peal,
process. The appellant shall file a letter of appeal specifying
the grounds for the appeal and all supporting facts upon which the
appellant bases his or her appeal within 15 days after receiving the
letter communicating the decision of the provost. The appeal letter
shall be sent to the Office of University Counsel for transmission
to the Board of Trustees.
The Office of University Counsel shall review the appeal letter
to determine if it states a valid ground for appeal. If the letter does
not state a proper ground for appeal, the appeal will not go forward
to the Board of Trustees, and the appellant will be notified to that
effect. If the Office of University Counsel determines that the let-ter
of appeal states a valid ground for appeal, it shall transmit the
appeal to the Board of Trustees.
An appeal to the Board of Trustees shall be considered by a three-person
panel of the Board of Trustees and shall be solely on the
written record, unless the panel expressly requests the presence, in
person or by phone, of both the appellant and the admissions of-ficer
or his or her designee. This three-person panel shall have full
authority to act on behalf of the Board of Trustees, and the decision
of the panel shall be deemed the decision of the Board of Trustees.
The Board of Trustees panel shall consider the record presented to
the provost and all documents and other writings submitted by the
appellant and the admissions officer. The trustee panel may reverse
the decision of the provost only upon a showing by the appellant of
clear and material error on the part of the provost in his or her deci-sion.
Otherwise, the panel shall sustain the provost’s decision. If the
trustee panel reverses the provost’s decision, the panel shall remand
the case to the appropriate admissions office for reconsideration
in light of any guidance the trustee panel chooses to provide. The
panel’s decision will be communicated to the appellant in writing.
There is no appeal from the decision of the trustee panel.
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Undergraduate Admissions
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions serves students interested
in continuing their education at the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. Applications from all students are accepted and
considered. Eighty-two percent of the first-year class will be from
North Carolina, with 18 percent coming from outside the state.
Admission Requirements
Admission to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is
competitive. Although all 16 public universities in North Carolina
share the same minimum course and admission requirements,
which are published at www.northcarolina.edu, these minimum
credentials do not guarantee admission to UNC–Chapel Hill, and
successful candidates typically exceed them.
In evaluating candidates for admission, the University seeks an
entering class whose collective strengths will foster excellence with-in
the University community; enhance the education of everyone
within it; provide for the leadership of the educational, govern-mental,
scientific, business, humanistic, artistic, and professional
institution of the state, nation, and world; and enrich the lives of
all the people of North Carolina.
The University evaluates individual candidates rigorously, ho-listically,
and sympathetically. The admissions committee seeks to
assess the ways in which each candidate will likely contribute to the
campus community and enable the University to fulfill its mission.
The qualities we seek include intellect, talent, curiosity, and cre-ativity;
leadership, kindness, and courage; honesty, perseverance,
perspective, and diversity. Although we expect each successful can-didate
to demonstrate strength in many of these areas, we do not
expect every candidate to be equally strong in all of them. Just as
there is no formula for admission, there is no list of qualities or
characteristics that every applicant must present.
In evaluating each candidate’s academic record, the admissions
committee considers not only the student’s grades but also the dif-ficulty
of the courses attempted. Although each candidate’s academic
record and standardized test scores are important elements in the
admissions decision, the candidate’s essay, accomplishments outside
the classroom, and personal qualities are also carefully considered.
By their anticipated date of enrollment, candidates for admission
should have reached the age of 16 and must have graduated from
secondary school. In addition, the University asks that candidates
present evidence of the capacity to cope with the demands of Uni-versity
life.
Items Necessary for a Complete Application
First-Year Admission
Students may apply for admission by following the instructions at
www.admissions.unc.edu. The completed application will include
the following materials:
• Official transcript(s) from all secondary schools and all colleges or
universities attended
• Official results from the SAT Reasoning or the ACT Plus Writing
examination
• Counselor statement and one teacher recommendation (if the
candidate is in his or her first year at a new school, an additional
recommendation from the previous school is suggested)
• Essays as requested in the application
• Application fee (nonrefundable) or fee waiver request, as indi-cated
in the application
• Any further information that will enhance the University’s un-derstanding
of the applicant’s background and preparation for
college (encouraged but not required)
• Any additional items or information requested in the application
or by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.
Transfer Admission
Students may apply for transfer admission by following the instruc-tions
at www.admissions.unc.edu. The completed application will
include the following materials:
• Official transcript from all colleges attended, including summer
sessions and including any online or distance-education classes
• Official high school transcript (grades nine through 12)
• Application fee (nonrefundable) or fee waiver request, as indi-cated
in the application
• Official results from the SAT Reasoning or the ACT Plus Writing
examination (sophomore transfers only)
• Essays as requested in the application form
• Any additional items or information requested in the application
or by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions
• Community standards form or criminal background check (for
all enrolling transfer students and for other candidates as request-ed
by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions).
Standardized Testing
In accordance with University policy, as well as procedures approved
by the Advisory Committee on Undergraduate Admissions,
the admissions committee evaluates each candidate rigorously,
holistically, and sympathetically, with an eye towards assessing the
candidate’s capacity to contribute to the kind of campus community
that will enable the University to fulfill its mission. Although each
evaluation includes the results of standardized testing, these results
do not constitute the sole or main criterion for admission. There are
no cutoff or threshold scores, no scores below which candidates are
automatically denied admission, and no scores above which they are
automatically offered admission. Instead, results from standardized
testing represent one factor among many. For more about the role of
tests in admissions, please see www.admissions.unc.edu.
Fall/Winter Grades for Transfer Applicants
The fall and winter grades should be submitted to the Office of
Undergraduate Admissions as soon as they become available. An
application will be considered incomplete without them.
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High School Course Requirements
Students interested in attending the University should pursue
a challenging high school curriculum. Such a curriculum will
typically include at least five academic courses during each year of
high school—preferably one each in the core disciplines of English,
mathematics, social science, natural science, and foreign language.
We also expect our candidates to take some of the most rigorous
courses available to them, including college-level courses offered
through Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or
dual-enrollment programs. Our research shows that students who
take at least five college-level courses during high school are well
prepared for the rigor of Carolina.
To be considered for first-year admission, all applicants gradu-ating
from high school after the summer of 2006 should present
these minimum high school course requirements (including the
ninth grade):
• Four units of English
• Four units of college preparatory mathematics (two algebra, one
geometry, and a higher-level mathematics course for which alge-bra
II is a prerequisite)
• At least two units of a single foreign language
• Three units in science, including at least one unit in a life or
biological science and at least one unit in a physical science, and
including at least one laboratory course
• Two units of social science, including United States history, and
• Enough elective units in traditional academic areas (literature,
mathematics, physical and biological sciences, social sciences, and
foreign languages) for a total of 16 units
Because admission to the University is competitive, candidates should
normally enroll in courses beyond these minimum requirements.
Since admitted students will take placement exams in foreign
language, candidates should continue in advanced foreign language
courses during their final year in high school even if they have al-ready
met the minimum requirements.
Placement in courses during students’ first semester at the Uni-versity
will be based on their performance on placement tests. Stu-dents
may also receive credit for University courses based on dual-enrollment
courses taken during high school. Although the student
will take placement exams in some subjects at the University before
the first semester begins, it is to the student’s advantage to take
placement tests in high school, especially those accepted by the
University for placement purposes. For mathematics placement,
the Department of Mathematics strongly recommends that enroll-ing
students arrange to take the Mathematics 2 SAT Subject Test;
although this test is not required for admission, many majors at
Carolina require a quantitative reasoning course for which a math-ematics
placement score is necessary. Foreign language placement
may be based on University placement exams, SAT Subject Tests, or
College Board Advanced Placement tests. For English placement,
students are required to take either English 105 at the University,
or present an equivalent transferable course from another college or
university. Students also are encouraged to take standardized tests
that are recognized for placement in other subject areas.
Dual Enrollment for High School Students
All courses attempted at UNC–Chapel Hill, including but not
limited to summer session courses and dual-enrollment courses
attempted while a student is still in secondary school, will be
included in the UNC grade point average.
College Board Placement Tests
The University recognizes, for placement and degree credit,
satisfactory scores on the College Board Advanced Placement,
International Baccalaureate, and certain SAT Subject Tests. For
more information, please visit www.admissions.unc.edu.
Information about College Board tests and applications for spe-cific
tests may be obtained by visiting www.collegeboard.com; by
writing the Educational Testing Service (Box 592, Princeton, NJ
08504, or Box 025, Berkeley, CA 94707); or by contacting a high
school counselor. Applicants should apply to take a test six to eight
weeks in advance of the actual test date.
Transfer Candidates
Transfer applicants who graduated from high school between 1988
and 2005 must present the following 16 academic units from high
school to be eligible for admission consideration:
• Four years of English
• Three years of mathematics (algebra I, algebra II, and geometry)
• Three years of natural science (one biological, one physical, and at
least one laboratory course)
• Two years of social science (one must be United States history)
• Two years of the same foreign language
• Two additional years of academic electives
Transfer applicants who graduated from high school in 2006 or
later must present all of the high school courses listed above plus
one approved mathematics course beyond algebra II.
Transfer applicants deficient in any of the minimum course re-quirements
will be eligible for transfer consideration only if one of
the following three conditions is met:
A. The applicant has 30 transferable semester hours in the fol-lowing
areas: six semester hours of acceptable college-level English
(not to include remedial courses); six semester hours of acceptable
college-level mathematics (not to include remedial courses; college
algebra is considered remedial); six semester hours of acceptable
college-level social science; six semester hours of acceptable college-level
natural sciences; six semester hours of an acceptable college-level
foreign language;
OR
B. The applicant holds an associate of arts, associate of fine arts,
or associate of science degree from a regionally accredited institu-tion
earned before enrollment at UNC–Chapel Hill;
OR
C. The applicant is at least 24 years old.
To be considered for transfer admission, students must present
at least a C average (2.0 on a 4.0 scale) in all courses attempted at
other accredited colleges and universities. However, a much higher
average is required to be competitive.
Except as otherwise noted, transfer students must satisfy the
minimum course requirements of the University of North Caro-lina
system, even if these requirements differ from the minimum
requirements of their previous institutions.
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Students also must be eligible to return to all institutions previ-ously
attended. Students who have less than a C average and who
are, therefore, academically ineligible for consideration as transfer
students may complete courses at another University in order to
raise their grade point average to the point where they may be con-sidered
for transfer admission to the University. However, Caro-lina’s
Self-Paced Courses, Carolina Courses Online, and University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer School courses cannot
be used to establish eligibility for transfer admission. Because spac-es
are limited, admission is competitive, and the University usually
cannot admit all of the students who meet minimum requirements.
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions evaluates candidates
based on both their high school and college records. We value
strong performance in a challenging curriculum, including courses
in English, mathematics, laboratory science, social science, and for-eign
language. All established academic records, as well as personal
qualities and accomplishments, will be considered in the selection
of the transfer class.
Once an applicant is admitted as a transfer student, any course
credits taken at UNC–Chapel Hill become part of the student’s
official transcript, and grades received are included in the grade
point average.
A transfer student’s class standing upon admission is based on
credit hours accepted by UNC–Chapel Hill for transfer, not on the
number of semesters enrolled at other colleges. Because students
are allowed only eight undergraduate semesters to complete their
degrees at the University, the number of semesters that a student
completes before enrolling at Carolina determines the number of
semesters available after enrolling. Because at least 15 credit hours
are required to complete a semester, a student’s class standing upon
enrollment at UNC–Chapel Hill may differ from his or her class
standing at the college or university previously attended. Students
must earn at least 45 academic credit hours at UNC–Chapel Hill
to earn a UNC–Chapel Hill degree.
A new transfer student with fewer than 15 hours of transfer
credit accepted by UNC–Chapel Hill will have class standing as a
first-year student upon admission to the University.
To enroll with sophomore class standing, a new transfer student
must have at least 30 (and fewer than 59) credit hours accepted for
transfer by UNC–Chapel Hill. Summer enrollment immediately
prior to the first semester of UNC–Chapel Hill enrollment will not
be counted in the hours needed to qualify as a sophomore.
To enroll with junior class standing, a new transfer student must
have at least 60 credit hours accepted for transfer by UNC–Chapel
Hill. Summer enrollment immediately prior to the first semester
of UNC–Chapel Hill enrollment will not be counted in the hours
needed to qualify as a junior.
More specifically,
• A new transfer student with fewer than 15.0 transferable credit
hours will be regarded as having completed no semesters and will
have first-year standing upon enrollment at UNC–Chapel Hill.
• A new transfer student having between 15.0 and 29.9 transferable
credit hours will be regarded as having completed one semester
and will have first-year standing upon enrollment at UNC–Cha-pel
Hill.
• A new transfer student having between 30.0 and 44.9 transferable
credit hours will be regarded as having completed two semesters
and will have sophomore standing upon enrollment at UNC–
Chapel Hill.
• A new transfer student having between 45.0 and 59.9 transferable
credit hours will be regarded as having completed three semesters
and will have sophomore standing upon enrollment at UNC–
Chapel Hill.
• A new transfer student having between 60.0 and 75.0 transferable
credit hours will be regarded as having completed four semesters and
will have junior standing upon enrollment at UNC–Chapel Hill.
Offers of admission typically are extended before an applicant’s
transfer credit can be fully evaluated. As a result, while transfer
students are advised of their likely classification at the point of
admission, this classification is provisional until confirmed by
notification of transfer credits earned.
Transfer of Credit
The University will award credit hours for courses from other
accredited institutions when the student has made a satisfactory
grade (a C or its equivalent) and when a similar course is offered
by the University. If a passing grade of D is earned, the University
will grant credit for the course but no hours will be awarded. If no
passing grade is earned, no credit or hours will be granted. In most
cases, professional courses and courses taken from nonaccredited
institutions (including foreign institutions) will not transfer. The
Office of Undergraduate Admissions may grant credit from foreign
institutions to entering transfer students when the student provides
an evaluation conducted by a professional evaluation service found
on this website, www.naces.org. For other institutions, the courses
must be approved through the appropriate departments at this
University, and the departments will determine if the course(s) may
be applied toward requirements for the degree.
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions will not award any
credit hours to currently enrolled UNC–Chapel Hill students for
courses taken outside the Unites States, including study abroad
courses offered by colleges and universities accredited within the
United States. Credit will only be awarded for such courses if the
UNC–Chapel Hill Study Abroad Office in the College of Arts and
Sciences has approved them. If a student enrolls in a study abroad
program offered through a UNC professional school and not
the College of Arts and Sciences, the student must seek approval
through that professional school.
The University honors the official Comprehensive Articulation
Agreement with the North Carolina Community College System.
The University will consult two publications when settling ques-tions
that arise concerning the transfer of credit: Transfer Credit Prac-tices,
published by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars
and Admissions Officers, and Accredited Institutions of Post-Secondary
Education, published by the American Council on Education.
A student may challenge any University course credit evaluation
provided by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions through the
appropriate academic department. Additional information about
having courses re-evaluated is available at admissions.unc.edu/Ap-ply/
Transfer_Students/Course_Eval.html. The academic depart-ment
will determine how many, if any, credits can be awarded.
Students seeking transfer to the University may wish to plan
their courses at their current institution in a way that will ensure
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the transfer of those courses. The University encourages such prior
planning, and the Office of Undergraduate Admissions will assist
prospective transfer students with it. The Office of Undergraduate
Admissions encourages prospective transfer applicants to consult
the Transfer Course Equivalency database at https://www.unc.edu/
sis/adm/xfereq.html.
The University will award a maximum of 75 semester hours of
transfer credit if the student’s last attended institution was a four-year
institution. Students may transfer credit hours from a two-year
institution only while they are earning their first 64 hours of college
credit. For example, if a student has transferred fewer than 64 credit
hours from two-year institutions but has earned 64 or more total
credit hours (including hours from UNC–Chapel Hill or other four-year
institutions), the student cannot transfer any additional credit
hours from a two-year institution.
If a student enrolls in a course at a two-year institution concur-rently
with enrollment in courses at a four-year institution (includ-ing
UNC–Chapel Hill), transfer credit hours will not be awarded
for the course taken at the two-year institution if the hours from
the concurrent courses at the four-year institution bring the total
earned hours to 64 or more.
For the calculations described herein, credit hours are tallied ac-cording
to the chronological order in which the courses are taken,
not according to the sequence in which documentation of the credits
are submitted to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.
Application and Notification Deadlines
First-year applicants may apply for admission for their choice of
one of two deadlines, neither of which is binding. For the latest
first-year admission deadlines and notification dates, please visit
www.admission.unc.edu.
The application deadline and notification dates for sophomore
and junior admission to the College of Arts and Sciences and the
School of Journalism and Mass Communication are available at
www.admissions.unc.edu. The admission deadlines and notifica-tion
dates for junior transfer applicants to the professional schools
with programs in dental hygiene, clinical laboratory science, health
policy and management, nursing, radiologic science, and biostatis-tics
vary by department. Please contact the specific department for
additional information.
Appeals of Admissions Decisions
For information on appealing an admissions decision, refer to the
“Admissions Appeal Procedure” in the “Admissions” section of this
bulletin.
Programs with Limited Admissions
Only a small number of transfer students will be admitted to
the professional schools offering majors in journalism and mass
communication, and the allied health and public health programs.
Junior transfer students planning to major in business administration,
education, environmental health science, nutrition, or information
and library science must enroll in the College of Arts and Sciences
and complete at least one semester before applying for admission
to the professional schools offering these degree programs. Students
interested in one of these fields may wish to consider another
major as a second choice; however, even if admitted to an alternate
program, students cannot be guaranteed subsequent admission to
their first choice of major. In addition, notification of acceptance to
these programs is generally later than for other programs.
Health Program Majors
Early applications for these programs are encouraged. After
completion of the fall semester, a transcript of that semester’s work
should be submitted. Applicants should also contact the specific
department for additional application materials and specific
program requirements.
Junior transfer applicants for the pharmacy program must ap-ply
directly to the School of Pharmacy. Junior transfer applicants
also must provide Pharmacy College Admission Test scores as part
of the application. Sophomore students must apply directly to the
Office of Undergraduate Admissions.
Music or Dramatic Art Majors
First-year and transfer students applying as music majors should
contact the director of undergraduate studies in music at 101 Hill
Hall to arrange an audition. Please indicate whether you wish to
study voice or an instrument; if an instrument, please indicate
which one. Students applying to major in the dramatic arts should
contact the director of undergraduate studies in dramatic art at 222
Center for Dramatic Art.
Confirmation of Acceptance
The University requires a nonrefundable enrollment deposit, due by
May 1 for first-year admission or mid-May for transfer admission or
within two weeks of receipt of the admission decision for students
admitted after the deadline, whichever is later.
Degree-seeking students who wish to start their studies during
the summer must notify the Office of Undergraduate Admissions
of their plans and pay their summer fees as well as the fall term
deposits to reserve a space for the fall term.
Admission of International Students
International students are considered for admission on the same
basis as other candidates. They should present results from the SAT
Reasoning or ACT Plus Writing examination, as well as transcripts
from schools previously attended. International students are required
to submit results on the Test of English as a Foreign Language
(TOEFL) (minimum score of 85) or the International English
Language Testing System (IELTS) (minimum band score of 6.5) if
English is not their native language. As a condition of enrollment,
all entering students who have completed coursework from a
foreign college or university that is not accredited within the United
States must have their official transcripts evaluated by an accredited
evaluation service such as the services available at www.naces.org.
United States immigration law requires proof of financial support
for the student’s entire program of study. Before enrollment, admit-undergrad
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ted students must provide documentation that they have sufficient
funds in a bank to cover the first year of tuition and living expenses.
See the section “Finances and Financial Aid” in this bulletin for in-formation
on expenses. The University will issue the necessary visa
documentation to those students who are formally admitted to the
University. International students should not leave their native coun-try
intending to enroll at the University until they have received a
formal letter of acceptance and appropriate visa documents.
Questions concerning international student life on the UNC–
Chapel Hill campus should be referred to the Foreign Student
Advisor, CB# 5240, Room 2004 FedEx Global Education Center,
301 Pittsboro St., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-5240.
Readmission
Any student who withdraws or for any other reason fails to
complete a semester must apply for readmission through the Office
of Undergraduate Admissions. Students applying in this manner
must submit a nonrefundable application fee or fee waiver request,
as indicated in the application. Application for readmission should
be made as early as possible and no later than the stated deadline
found on the application for readmission. The readmission
application is available at www.admissions.unc.edu.
A student leaving the University with an academic deficiency
must restore his or her eligibility in order to be readmitted as a
regular student. Restoration of eligibility can be accomplished only
by enrolling in summer sessions or through distance-education in-struction
from the University (see below).
Students who have enrolled in courses at another college or uni-versity
since their last enrollment at the University of North Caro-lina
at Chapel Hill must submit transcripts of these courses and
must have maintained a C average for all such courses attempted
in order to be eligible for readmission. The grade point average
required for readmission is based on all courses attempted on all
campuses. (By contrast, a student’s UNC–Chapel Hill grade point
average is based on UNC–Chapel Hill courses only.)
Students leaving the University for medical or disciplinary reasons
must be cleared by the appropriate office before being readmitted.
Because the University must adhere to enrollment projections,
readmission cannot be guaranteed even if the student is academi-cally
eligible.
Admission as a Summer School Visitor
Any student who has not been regularly enrolled or has not been
admitted for a fall semester in any school in the University should
send an application for admission as a visiting summer student
to Dean of Summer School, CB# 3340, 134 E. Franklin St. By
contrast, those students who are in residence at the University will
register for a summer session through their academic dean or advisor
and need not make a separate application to the dean of Summer
School. A student who plans to restore academic eligibility through
work done in a summer session must apply for readmission through
the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, CB# 2200, Jackson Hall.
Admissions Confidentiality
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will protect the
privacy of all students seeking admission through the Office of
Undergraduate Admissions by soliciting and receiving all academic
and nonacademic records obtained for the purpose of admission
on the condition that they be held in confidence by the University.
No information obtained through the admissions process will be
shared with individuals, internal or external to the University, other
than the chancellor, the provost, and members of the Advisory
Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and its subcommittees.
Though current federal legislation allows students enrolling at
the University access to their files, students do not have access to
their applications.
Exceptions to this confidentiality policy will be made only at the
direction of the chancellor or the provost.
Further Information
For additional information and services related to the admission of
first-year and transfer students, please contact the Vice Provost for
Enrollment and Undergraduate Admissions, CB# 2200, Jackson
Hall, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel
Hill, NC 27599-2200.
Intra-University Transfer
Transfer from one school or college within the University is possible
with the approval of both academic deans concerned.
Other Credit Programs
Carolina Courses Online
Carolina Courses Online is a distance-education program that
offers UNC–Chapel Hill courses over the Internet. Class sessions
are not required, but courses follow the semester schedule. Access
to the World Wide Web and e-mail are required in order to enroll.
The courses are administered through the Friday Center for
Continuing Education, (919) 962-1134. Undergraduate students
in the College of Arts and Sciences are limited to six courses toward
a degree at UNC–Chapel Hill through Carolina Courses Online.
See the section in the bulletin under “Distance-Learning Courses
via the Friday Center for Continuing Education” for additional in-formation.
Self-Paced Courses
Many undergraduate distance-education opportunities are avail-able
through Self-Paced Courses, including online and print-based
correspondence courses. Students can enroll at any time,
work at their own pace, and take up to nine months to complete a
course. Undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Scienc-es
are not allowed to take Self-Paced Courses except in unusual
circumstances; written consent of the student’s dean is required
in order to enroll.
Students found academically ineligible to continue in resident
study at the University should consider enrolling in Carolina Courses
Online and/or Summer School. If extraordinary circumstances exist,
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a student may contact his or her dean to discuss using Self-Paced
Courses to restore eligibility.
Application for Self-Paced Courses is made to the Friday Center
for Continuing Education, CB# 1020, (919) 962-1134. Applica-tion
forms and a complete catalog of course listings may be ob-tained
from the same office.
Admission to Part-Time Classroom Studies
Part-Time Classroom Studies is the academic unit in the Friday
Center for Continuing Education through which area adults
(customarily students aged 24 and older) enroll in University
courses part time. Both undergraduate and postbaccalaureate
students are admitted without respect to race, color, national
origin, religion, sex, age, or handicap.
Part-Time Classroom Studies students may register for a maxi-mum
course load of eight credit hours per semester. A small selec-tion
of courses is scheduled for the evening hours; the University’s
daytime courses are also open to Part-Time Classroom Studies stu-dents
if space permits.
Undergraduate or high school students desiring to enroll
through Part-Time Classroom Studies should file an admission
application and nonrefundable application fee with the Office of
Undergraduate Admissions, CB# 2200, Jackson Hall, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-2200,
or at www.admissions.unc.edu.
Admission is limited for both prospective degree candidates and for
those seeking to take courses for personal benefit and enjoyment. To
be eligible, students must have been away from a traditional school
setting for at least 12 consecutive months and must have graduated
from a secondary school. Admission is available to UNC–Chapel Hill
faculty and staff employees. Traditional students who have been denied
full-time admission to the University are not immediately eligible for
enrollment through Part-Time Classroom Studies. All students admit-ted
as prospective degree candidates must meet minimum University
requirements for admission. In considering prospective degree can-didates
for admission, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions shall
use the same admissions criteria that it uses to evaluate comparable
full-time, degree-seeking students applying to the University. For in-formation
about those criteria, please see the sections on first-year and
transfer admission above. Students who have a baccalaureate degree
may apply online at fridaycenter.unc.edu.
Admission to Part-Time Classroom Studies does not constitute ad-mission
to a degree program at the University. Undergraduates wish-ing
to pursue a degree must be accepted for transfer into one of the
degree-granting schools or colleges of the University. For a bachelor’s
degree a minimum of 45 academic credit hours must be earned from
UNC–Chapel Hill, and at least 24 of the last 30 academic credits must
be earned from UNC–Chapel Hill courses. Beyond these minimum
course requirements, students attempting to transfer from Part-Time
Classroom Studies into one of the degree-seeking schools or colleges of
the University must present evidence that they are prepared to make
satisfactory progress towards the degree. Postbaccalaureate students
must apply and be accepted to a graduate degree program.
Undergraduate students enrolled through Part-Time Classroom
Studies for personal benefit and enjoyment may apply to convert
to degree-seeking status. Such applications will be reviewed in light
of the criteria for admission to Part-Time Classroom Studies for
degree-seeking status.
Orientation and New Student Registration
Summer orientation offers a wide range of programs intended
to introduce new students and their parents to the University;
to acquaint them with the academic opportunities available to
undergraduates; to aid them in their adjustment to campus living;
to offer other information, discussion, and academic advice; and to
begin the process of becoming an active member of the Carolina
community. New student orientation continues when students arrive
in the fall with a variety of activities during the Week of Welcome.
Transfer Student Orientation
All new undergraduate students admitted as sophomore or junior
transfers are required to attend one of the summer orientation
programs designed specifically for transfer students to learn about
college life at Carolina.
During this one-day transfer orientation program, new transfer
students meet and interact with faculty, staff, and other new transfer
students. Students attend a formal welcome, learn about academic
advising, learn about the services and educational opportunities, and,
if applicable, complete a foreign language placement examination.
To help ensure the availability of preferred courses, transfer stu-dents
should register for fall classes prior to summer orientation.
Transfer students may enroll online to register for courses as soon as
their deposit is paid and the personal identification number (PID
number) is generated.
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Abbreviation Full Name Administrative Home
AAAD African, African American,
and Diaspora Studies
Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies
AERO Aerospace Studies Department of Aerospace Studies
AHSC Allied Health Sciences Department of Allied Health Sciences, UNC School of Medicine
AMST American Studies Department of American Studies
ANTH Anthropology Department of Anthropology
APPL Applied and Materials Sciences See Department of Biomedical Engineering
ARAB Arabic Department of Asian Studies
ARCH Archaeology Curriculum in Archaeology
ARMY Military Science Department of Military Science
ARTH Art History Department of Art
ARTS Studio Art Department of Art
ASIA Asian Studies Department of Asian Studies
ASTR Astronomy Department of Physics and Astronomy
BENG Bengali Department of Asian Studies
BIOC Biochemistry Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
BIOL Biology Department of Biology
BIOS Biostatistics Gillings School of Global Public Health
BMME Biomedical Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering
BUSA Business Kenan–Flagler Business School
BUSG Business Kenan–Flagler Business School
BUSI Business Kenan–Flagler Business School
BUSS Business Study Abroad Kenan–Flagler Business School
CATA Catalan Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
CBIO Cell and Developmental Biology Department of Cell Biology and Physiology,
UNC School of Medicine
CHEM Chemistry Department of Chemistry
CHER Cherokee Department of American Studies
CHIN Chinese Department of Asian Studies
CHWA Chichewa Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies
CLAR Classical Archeology Department of Classics
CLAS Classics Department of Classics
CLSC Clinical Laboratory Science Division of Clinical Laboratory Science, UNC School of Medicine
CMPL Comparative Literature Department of English and Comparative Literature
COMM Communication Studies Department of Communication Studies
COMP Computer Science Department of Computer Science
CZCH Czech Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
DHYG Dental Hygiene School of Dentistry
DPOP Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy Eshelman School of Pharmacy
DRAM Dramatic Art Department of Dramatic Art
DTCH Dutch Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
ECOL Ecology Curriculum in Ecology
ECON Economics Department of Economics
EDUC Education School of Education
ENGL English Department of English and Comparative Literature
ENST Environmental Science and Studies Curriculum for the Environment and Ecology
ENVR Environmental Sciences and Engineering Gillings School of Global Public Health
EPID Epidemiology Gillings School of Global Public Health
EURO European Studies Curriculum in Contemporary European Studies
EXSS Exercise and Sport Science Department of Exercise and Sport Science
FOLK Folklore Department of American Studies
FREN French and Francophone Studies Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
GEOG Geography Department of Geography
Course Abbreviations
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GEOL Geology Department of Geology
GERM German Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
GLBL Global Studies Curriculum in Global Studies
GNET Genetics Department of Genetics, UNC School of Medicine
GREK Greek Department of Classics
GSLL Germanic and Slavic Languages
and Literatures
Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
HBEH Health Behavior Gillings School of Global Public Health
HEBR Hebrew Department of Asian Studies
HIST History Department of History
HNRS Honors Honors Carolina
HNUR Hindi-Urdu Department of Asian Studies
HPM Health Policy and Management Gillings School of Global Public Health
HUNG Hungarian Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
IDST Interdisciplinary Studies Office of Undergraduate Curricula
INLS Information and Library Science School of Information and Library Science
ISP Exchange Program Study Abroad Office
ITAL Italian Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
JAPN Japanese Department of Asian Studies
JOMC Journalism and Mass Communication School of Journalism and Mass Communication
JWST Jewish Studies Department of Religious Studies
KOR Korean Department of Asian Studies
LATN Latin Department of Classics
LAW Law School of Law
LFIT Lifetime Fitness Department of Exercise and Sport Science
LGLA Lingala Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies
LING Linguistics Department of Linguistics
LTAM Latin American Studies Curriculum in Latin American Studies
MACD Macedonian Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
MASC Marine Sciences Department of Marine Sciences
MATH Mathematics Department of Mathematics
MAYA Maya Department of Linguistics
MCRO Microbiology and Immunology Department of Microbiology and Immunology,
UNC School of Medicine
MNGT Management and Society Department of Sociology
MTSC Materials Science Department of Applied Physical Sciences
MUSC Music Department of Music
NAVS Naval Science Department of Naval Science
NBIO Neurobiology Curriculum in Neurobiology, UNC School of Medicine
NURS Nursing School of Nursing
NUTR Nutrition Gillings School of Global Public Health
PATH Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,
UNC School of Medicine
PHCO Pharmacology Department of Pharmacology, UNC School of Medicine
PHCY Pharmacy Eshelman School of Pharmacy
PHIL Philosophy Department of Philosophy
PHYA Physical Activity Department of Exercise and Sport Science
PHYI Cell and Molecular Physiology Department of Cell Biology and Physiology,
UNC School of Medicine
PHYS Physics Department of Physics and Astronomy
PLAN City and Regional Planning Department of City and Regional Planning
PLCY Public Policy Department of Public Policy
PLSH Polish Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
POLI Political Science Department of Political Science
PORT Portuguese Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
PRSN Persian Department of Asian Studies
PSYC Psychology Department of Psychology
PUBH Public Health Gillings School of Global Public Health
PWAD Peace, War, and Defense Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense
course abbreviat ions
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RADI Radiologic Science Division of Radiologic Science, UNC School of Medicine
RECR Recreation Administration Department of Exercise and Sport Science
RELI Religious Studies Department of Religious Studies
ROML Romance Languages and Literatures Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
RUES Russian and East European Studies Curriculum in Russian and East European Area Studies
RUSS Russian Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
SECR Serbian and Croatian Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
SLAV Slavic Languages Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
SOCI Sociology Department of Sociology
SOWO Social Work School of Social Work
SPAN Spanish Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
SPCL Special Studies Office of Undergraduate Curricula
SPHS Speech and Hearing Sciences Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, UNC School of Medicine
STOR Statistics and Operations Research Department of Statistics and Operations Research
SWAH Kiswahili Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies
TAML Tamil Department of Linguistics
TOXC Toxicology Curriculum in Toxicology, UNC School of Medicine
TURK Turkish Department of Asian Studies
VIET Vietnamese Department of Asian Studies
WMST Women’s Studies Department of Women’s and Gender Studies
WOLO Wolof Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies
YAP Study Abroad Program Study Abroad Office
Academic Flow Chart
college of arts and sciences
(general college)
2 years
Information
and library
science
2 years
college of
arts and
sciences
2 years
School of
journalism
and mass
communication
2 years
kenan-flagler
business
school
2 years
School of
education
2 years
Entering first-year students and
transfers of less than junior standing
from other institutions
division of health affa irs
baccalaureate degree
Transfers of junior standing
from other institutions
division of academic affa irs
college of arts and sciences
kenan-flagler business school
school of dentistry
school of education
school of government
school of journalism
and mass communication
school of law
1. Dental Hygiene
2. Clinical Laboratory Science or Radiological Science
3. Admission may be granted if the student meets the
requirements of and is accepted by the individual school
(JD, MD, DDS , MBA, and Master of Accounting).
4. Admission for all other post-baccalaureate programs is
through The Graduate School.
professional schools3
the graduate school4
School of
nursing
2 years
school of
dentistry1
2 years
School of
medicine2
2 years
gillings
school of
global
public health
2 years
eshelman
school of
pharmacy
3 years
Graduates from other
institutions
school of information
and library science
school of medicine
school of nursing
eshelman school of pharmacy
gillings school of
global public health
school of social work
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Office of Undergraduate Curricula
ERIKA LINDEMANN, Associate Dean
NICK SIEDENTOP, Curriculum Director
According to the policy that has been in effect since 1980, the Office
of Undergraduate Curricula has primary responsibility for monitor-ing
all curricular changes in the General College and the College of
Arts and Sciences. This office receives and reviews all requests for
new courses, course revisions, changes to degree programs, and pro-posals
for new minors, majors, and curricula. The office also reviews
all student petitions requesting to satisfy General Education require-ments
by substitution. Students can find the most current informa-tion
regarding General Education requirements at the Office of Un-dergraduate
Curricula Web site at www.unc.edu/depts/uc.
Making Connections:
The General Education Curriculum
The requirements of the Making Connections curriculum apply to
students beginning undergraduate study in or after the fall semester
of 2006. Because students are subject to the requirements in place
when they were admitted to the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, the General Education requirements described in this
section of the Undergraduate Bulletin particularly apply to first-time,
first-year undergraduate students entering the University during the
2013–2014 academic year.
Undergraduates at the University fulfill General Education re-quirements
in addition to the more specialized requirements of
their own major or minor fields. The General Education curriculum
implemented in the fall of 2006 was the product of a curriculum
review that brought about a major revision of the existing General
Education requirements. A review of the Making Connections cur-riculum
in 2010 substantially affirmed its principles and structure.
The structure of the General Education requirements reflects not
only the cyclical updating of curricular expectations—a process that
takes place with each new generation—but also the faculty’s intent
to make the entire General Education experience more integrated
and meaningful for the University’s undergraduates. The University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill strives to cultivate the range of
skills, knowledge, values, and habits that will allow graduates to lead
personally enriching and socially responsible lives as effective citizens
of rapidly changing, richly diverse, and increasingly interconnected
local, national, and worldwide communities.
To this end the curriculum seeks to provide for all students 1) the
fundamental skills that will facilitate future learning, 2) broad experience
with the methods and results of the most widely employed approaches
to knowledge, 3) a sense of how one might integrate these approaches to
knowledge in ways that cross traditional disciplinary and spatial bound-aries,
and 4) a thorough grounding in one particular subject. The un-dergraduate
major is dedicated to the last of these curricular objectives;
the others fall under the purview of the General Education curriculum.
The Making Connections curriculum is divided into four broad
categories that can be described as follows:
Foundations
The faculty believes that General Education rests on certain foun-dational
skills and knowledge, including the ability to communicate
effectively both in English and another language and to apply quan-titative
reasoning skills in context. Consequently, the Foundations
component of the curriculum includes courses in English composition
and rhetoric, at least one foreign language, and quantitative reasoning.
It also includes a lifetime fitness course that encourages the lifelong
health of graduates. In most cases, students should be able to fulfill the
Foundations requirements by taking no more than 15 credit hours.
They must maintain continuous enrollment, beginning in the first se-mester,
in Foundations foreign language courses until the requirement
is satisfied and must complete the composition and rhetoric course in
the first or second semester.
Approaches
Students also become acquainted with six distinctive Approaches to
knowledge, as represented by courses in the physical and life sciences,
the social and behavioral sciences, historical analysis, philosophical
and/or moral reasoning, literary arts, and the visual and performing
arts. Students meet these requirements by taking courses worth a
total of 25 credit hours.
Connections
The Making Connections curriculum builds on previously acquired
knowledge and establishes links between discrete forms of knowl-edge,
both by encouraging interdisciplinary contact and conversa-tion
and by inviting students to develop and apply their academic
expertise in environments beyond the University classroom. In addi-tion
to building directly on the Foundations, through communica-tion
intensive and quantitative intensive courses, the Connections
requirement promotes an understanding of global issues, U.S. diver-sity,
the world before 1750, the North Atlantic world, and people liv-ing
beyond the North Atlantic world. The Connections category also
incorporates a requirement in experiential education, one that can
be satisfied either within the framework of a conventional academic
course or in the form of some other credit-earning learning experi-ence.
Because Connections courses may meet multiple requirements
at once (including Approaches requirements), most students should
be able to fulfill the eight Connections requirements without taking
credit hours in addition to those needed to fulfill Foundations, Ap-proaches,
and major/minor requirements.
Supplemental General Education
Students who pursue the bachelor of arts degree also must sat-isfy
a Supplemental General Education requirement. The intent
of this requirement is to broaden a student’s perspective on the
major by examining its relationship to work in at least one other
field. Students may fulfill the Supplemental General Education
Academic Organization and Undergraduate Requirements
General Education Requirements
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requirement in three ways:
• By completing a second major or a minor; or
• By completing three courses (nine hours) above 199 that are of-fered
outside the home department or curriculum of the first major.
These three courses can neither be used to fulfill the requirements
of the first major nor be cross-listed with courses that a student has
used to satisfy major requirements; or
• By completing a concentration outside a professional school as part
of the degree requirements for graduating from the school.
Course Numbering System
In general, the system of course numbering works as follows:
• 50–99 First-year seminars and other courses reserved for special
purposes
• 100–199 Introductory undergraduate courses
• 200–399 Undergraduate courses considered to be above the intro-ductory
level
• 400–699 Courses open to undergraduate and graduate students
• 700–899 Graduate courses (undergraduates may enroll with per-mission
from the department)
• 900–999 Graduate courses for graduate students only
With the exception of the important groupings above, students gener-ally
should not assume that courses have been arranged in ascending
order of difficulty or specialization (i.e., ENGL 420 is not “more diffi-cult”
than ENGL 340). The logic behind any department’s or curricu-lum’s
numbering scheme is specific to that unit. Students should check
the prerequisites and corequisites for any course prior to enrolling.
Prerequisites represent courses that must be completed before enroll-ing
in a particular course; corequisites are courses that must be taken
in the same semester. Pre- and corequisites are indicated in the course
descriptions under each academic department, curriculum, or school.
Honors courses fulfill the same General Education requirements
as the nonhonors version of that course as listed below. For example,
PHIL 155H satisfies the same General Education requirement as
PHIL 155.
Be advised that the list of courses included under each of the fol-lowing
General Education categories in this section of the Under-graduate
Bulletin is not necessarily exhaustive. Courses may have
been added to or removed from the lists after the present edition of
the Undergraduate Bulletin went to press. For updated, authoritative
course information, students should consult the Course Catalog in
ConnectCarolina.
Foundations
Note on the Importance of Communication Skills
The faculty of the General College and the College of Arts and Sci-ences
expects students to write and speak effectively. Instructors
should help students realize that there is a direct relationship between
thinking clearly, writing clearly, and speaking clearly. Faculty mem-bers
in all disciplines and professions should therefore develop the
writing and speaking skills of their students. Students should expect
to be graded on spelling, grammar, and style, as well as on the con-tent
and organization of their written work; in addition, students
should expect to be graded on presentation, style, poise, and diction,
as well as on the content and organization of their oral presentations.
Students who wish to improve their writing can make appoint-ments
with a tutor in the Writing Center. This free, noncredit service
is available to any member of the University community.
English Composition and Rhetoric (CR)
Beginning in fall 2012, all entering first-year, first-time students at
the University must complete, or transfer in, ENGL 105 or 105I.
ENGL 105 introduces students to several disciplinary contexts for
written work and oral presentations required in college courses,
whereas ENGL 105I introduces students to one specific disciplinary
context—natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, law, business,
or medicine—for such written and oral assignments. Exempting the
course on the basis of nationally normed examinations is not pos-sible.
Students may prepare for this course while in high school by
taking courses in English composition and speech communication
beyond the requirements for admission to the University.
Transfer students who have not completed the CR Foundations re-quirement
are strongly urged to register for ENGL 105 during their
first semester at Carolina. Transfer students have the option of com-pleting
a portfolio of written work that will be evaluated by instructors
in the Department of English and Comparative Literature to receive
credit for ENGL 105; for additional information, see englishcomplit.
unc.edu/writing/portfolio. If placement scores or the portfolio indi-cates
a need for instruction and practice in preparation for ENGL 105,
students will be required to pass ENGL 100 before taking 105.
Students must complete the CR requirement during the first aca-demic
year on campus. Any student whose native language is not
English will be required, as all students are, to complete ENGL 105.
However, such students may be permitted also to fulfill the Founda-tions
foreign language requirement with ENGL 105, provided that
an authorized representative of the appropriate University depart-ment
has confirmed the student’s native language proficiency up to
or through level 4.
The courses listed below satisfy the English composition and
rhetoric requirement during the 2013–2014 academic year. Because
the content and structure of a course may change, the requirements
it fulfills also may change. To determine which courses will satisfy
this requirement in future years, students should consult the Course
Catalog in ConnectCarolina or subsequent issues of the Undergradu-ate
Bulletin:*
ENGL 105
ENGL 105I
Foreign Languages (FL)
The study of a foreign language enables students to see more clearly
the nature and structure of their native language while gaining an
understanding of a foreign culture. Students are required to com-plete
courses or demonstrate proficiency in the study of a foreign lan-guage
through level 3. Certain majors may require additional levels
of foreign language study.
Students should improve their language preparation by continu-ing
their foreign language study through the senior year of high
school. It is preferable that they complete four years of one high
school language rather than, for example, taking two years each of
two different languages.
Placement in a foreign language is determined by the student’s
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score on a College Board SAT Subject Test, the Advanced Placement
Test in a foreign language (taken at the completion of language study
in high school), or the appropriate placement test as determined by
the UNC–Chapel Hill academic department offering foreign lan-guage
instruction. Regardless of placement, continuous enrollment,
beginning in the first semester, is required until the Foundations for-eign
language requirement is completed.
In the following paragraphs, “high school foreign language” refers
to the foreign language in which students received the equivalent of
at least two years of instruction in grades nine through 12.
Students whose placement in their high school foreign language
is below level 4 and who wish to continue in this language are re-quired
to take the number of courses that are needed to reach level
3 of that language. That number varies depending on the level into
which a student places. Credit hours toward the 120-academic-hour
graduation requirement are not awarded for level 1 of a student’s
high school foreign language (with the exceptions of Japanese and
Modern Hebrew), even if students place by examination into level
1. Grades earned in level 1 courses, however, are computed in the
students’ grade point average and are used in all academic eligibility
and academic load considerations.
Students who enroll in a foreign language that they have not for-mally
studied before are required to complete through level 3. In this
case, credit hours toward the 120-academic-credit-hour graduation re-quirement
are awarded for successful completion of level 1.
Students who place into level 4 of their high school foreign lan-guage
have satisfied the Foundations foreign language requirement
and will receive placement (PL) but no credit hours for level 3. Stu-dents
who place beyond level 4 of their high school language have
fulfilled the Foundations foreign language requirement and are
awarded placement (PL) but no credit hours for levels 3 and 4.
Some undergraduate degree programs require the completion of
foreign language courses beyond those needed to fulfill General Edu-cation
requirements. Students should consult the program require-ments
for their chosen course of study, and they are encouraged to
meet with their academic advisors regularly to discuss the specific
requirements of their programs.
For information about foreign language placement for na-tive
and experiential speakers, see “Foreign Language Placement
Credit” in the Division of Academic Affairs section of this bulletin.
The courses listed below may be used to satisfy the foreign lan-guage
(FL) requirement during the 2013–2014 academic year. The
last digit of the course number indicates the course level. For ex-ample,
CHIN 102 is a level 2 course and FREN 203 is a level 3
course; exceptions are noted in parenthesis. Because the content and
structure of a course may change, the requirements it fulfills also may
change. To determine which courses will satisfy this requirement in
future years, students should consult the Course Catalog in Con-nectCarolina
or subsequent issues of the Undergraduate Bulletin:*
ARAB 101, 102, 203, 204
CHER 101, 102, 203, 204
CHIN 101, 102, 111 (levels 1 and 2 combined), 203, 204, 212
(levels 3 and 4 combined)
CHWA 401, 402, 403
CZCH 401, 402, 403, 404
DTCH 402, 403, 404
FREN 101, 102, 105 (levels 1 and 2 combined), 111 (levels 1 and
2 combined), 203, 204, 212 (levels 3 and 4 combined)
GERM 101, 102, 105 (levels 1 and 2 combined), 203, 204, 206
(levels 3 and 4 combined)
GREK 101, 102, 203, 204
HEBR 101, 102, 203, 204
HNUR 101, 102, 203, 204
HUNG 401, 402, 403, 404
ITAL 101, 102, 203, 204
JAPN 101, 102, 203, 204
JWST 101, 102, 203, 204
KOR 101, 102, 203, 204
LATN 101, 102, 111 (levels 1 and 2 combined), 203, 204, 212
(levels 3 and 4 combined)
LGLA 401, 402, 403, 404
MACD 401, 402, 403, 404
PLSH 401, 402, 403, 404
PORT 101, 102, 111 (levels 1 and 2 combined), 203, 204, 212
(levels 3 and 4 combined)
PRSN 101, 102, 203, 204
RELI 401, 402, 403, 404
RUSS 101, 102, 203, 204
SECR 401, 402, 403, 404
SPAN 100, 101, 102, 105 (levels 1 and 2 combined), 111 (levels 1
and 2 combined), 203, 204, 212 (levels 3 and 4 combined)
SWAH 112 (levels 1 and 2 combined), 234 (levels 3 and 4
combined), 401, 402, 403, 404
TAML 101, 102, 203, 204
TURK 101, 102, 203, 204
WOLO 401, 402, 403, 404
Quantitative Reasoning (QR)
Through the study of quantitative reasoning and methods, students
acquire and reinforce the ability to use analytic and quantitative ideas
in both theoretical and applied contexts. In today’s world of fast-paced
scientific and technological advances, the importance of such
skills cannot be overstated.
Students should prepare by taking precalculus and/or calculus
in high school and by continuing their mathematical studies up
through their senior year of high school. Not doing so may put them
at a disadvantage when they arrive at the University.
Students may satisfy the quantitative reasoning requirement
either by taking or receiving advanced placement for one of the
courses listed below. Several of these courses have a prerequisite of
MATH 110 (algebra) or a placement score beyond MATH 110 on
the College Board SAT Subject Test in Mathematics, Level 1 or
Level 2. Unless a particular major requires those specific courses,
however, a student may fulfill the quantitative reasoning requir